Tom Stoppard

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkbp:active_years_end present
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1960
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:Shakespeare's_Hamlet
gptkb:The_Seagull
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:The_Old_Vic
gptkb:Royal_Shakespeare_Company
gptkb:theater
gptkbp:author gptkb:Shakespeare_in_Love
gptkbp:awards 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
July 3, 1937
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Zlin,_Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Zlin
gptkbp:born July 3, 1937
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ed_Stoppard
gptkb:Lucy_Stoppard
gptkb:Will_Stoppard
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Lloyd_Webber
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Bristol
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Tomáš_Straussler
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
gptkb:drama
Absurdist theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tom Stoppard
gptkbp:influence Postmodern Literature
Contemporary Theatre
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:History
gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:theater
gptkb:television
gptkb:film
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:theater
gptkb:television
gptkb:film
gptkbp:known_for Directing
Screenwriting
Playwriting
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Olivier_Award
gptkb:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay
gptkb:Evening_Standard_Theatre_Award
gptkb:Writers_Guild_of_America_Award
gptkb:Golden_Globe_Award
gptkbp:notable_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:notable_works gptkb:The_Coast_of_Utopia
gptkb:Arcadia
gptkb:Shakespeare_in_Love
gptkb:Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead
gptkb:Travesties
gptkb:The_Real_Thing
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Absurdism
Existentialism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Miriam_Stoppard
gptkbp:website http://www.tomstoppard.com
gptkbp:won gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:award
gptkb:The_National_Theatre
gptkb:theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3