Sir Tom Stoppard

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:active_years 1960-present
gptkbp:award gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay
gptkb:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay
gptkbp:birth_date 1937-07-03
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Zlin
gptkbp:career_start gptkb:Journalist
gptkb:Television_producer
radio playwright
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ed_Stoppard
gptkb:Lucy_Stoppard
gptkb:Will_Stoppard
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Bristol
gptkb:Bristol_Old_Vic_Theatre_School
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The only thing that matters is the story.”
“ A play is a thing that is written to be performed.”
“ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
“ Life is a gamble at terrible odds.”
“ Words, words, words.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
gptkb:drama
gptkb:tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Tom Stoppard
gptkbp:influenced contemporary theatre
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Alexander_Chekhov
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:absurdism
gptkb:historical_context
philosophical themes
metatheatre
wit and wordplay
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Coast_of_Utopia
gptkb:Arcadia
gptkb:Shakespeare_in_Love
gptkb:Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Director
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Felicity_Montagu
gptkbp:website http://www.tomstoppard.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4