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Tom Stoppard, Playwright of Ideas, Dies

Appreciation: Tom Stoppard reinvigorated the comedy of ideas

A born entertainer who had no ideology to sell or bourgeois morality to promote, he gravitated to theater as the most exhilarating form of debate. What he called “the felicitous expression of ideas” mattered more to him than academic point-scoring. Language was a theatrical resource that could do more than win arguments.

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Who Was Tom Stoppard? 5 Things About the Late Playwright

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Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88

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Tom Stoppard, Sparkling Playwright Who Won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love,' Dies at 88

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died.

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Remembering Tom Stoppard, a Playwright of Thrilling Intellect

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Tom Stoppard leaves 'majestic body' of intellectual work

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Tom Stoppard’s Radical Invitation

The playwright offered a kind of on-ramp to the literary canon, a way into a life of unabashed, unstoppable thinking.

Movies Written by Tom Stoppard to Stream

Spinning off Shakespeare, waltzing through Imperial Russia, bantering about literature or diving deeply into history, Stoppard shared his gifts on the screen.

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'One of our greatest writers': King leads tributes to Sir Tom Stoppard

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have led tributes to famed playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who died aged 88, hailing him as "one of our greatest writers". "A dear friend who wore his genius lightly, he could,

As a Script Doctor, Tom Stoppard Was Stealthily Erudite

The playwright won an Academy Award for “Shakespeare in Love.” But he also helped provide dialogue for the likes of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Indiana Jones.