Tom Stoppard
Summary
Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL (born 3 July 1937) is an influential British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love and has won one Academy Award and four Tony Awards. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy.In 1939, Stoppard (then named Straussler) left Czechoslovakia as a child refugee, fleeing imminent Nazi occupation.
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Hardened hack finds fame at last | Media Monkey
Monkey reckons our MediaGuardian colleague John Plunkett will be delighted to have been elevated to celebrity status by the Independent. "Tom Stoppard's Parade's End won four major awards at yesterday's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards," a news in brief on page 23 of Friday's Indy reported, before concluding: "A host of other stars, including John Plunkett and Olivia Colman, were also honoured.
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Broadcasting Press Guild Awards see drama come storming back
Reality TV has come down to earth with a bump, as this year's awards go to BBC dramas Parade's End and The Hollow Crown.
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Media Talk podcast: defamation bill, Iain Dale on LBC and Eurovision
On this week's Media Talk, we discuss how Stephen Fry, Tom Stoppard and some of Britain's other most prominent authors and playwrights are trying to save the defamation bill from being killed off, and talk to the new host of LBC's drivetime slot,Iain Dale.
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Authors call on party leaders to save libel reform
Open letter from writers including Stephen Fry says defamation bill is in danger of being killed off by Leveson row.
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Parade's End leads nominations for Broadcasting Press Guild awards
Drama shortlisted in five categories, while BBC makes clean sweep of nominations for single and series/serial prizes.
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Janice Hadlow | MediaGuardian 100 2012
Much-touted BBC2 shows such as Ricky Gervais's Life's Too Short failed to deliver, but it is pinning its hopes on new drama.
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Bah, humbug! There's no public interest in sneaky pictures of TV journalists
I often quote Tom Stoppard's line about the "casual cruelty" of newspapers. Sometimes though, it is far from casual as Dermot Murnaghan and Andrew Marr will testify today.
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No empty gestures – watching Andrew Marr from the sidelines
New basement studio, new BBC HQ, new canteen. . . behind the scenes at the weekend's most influential political programme.
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Parade's End marches on but loses out in battle for Friday night ratings
BBC2's Ford Madox Ford drama ships nearly a million viewers for episode two. C4 enjoys success with Paralympics coverage.
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Tom Stoppard returns to TV for BBC drama
Benedict Cumberbatch plays 'the last Tory' Christopher Tietjens in five-part adaptation of Parade's End for BBC2.
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