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Thomas Stoppard and his journey from wartime refugee to our greatest living playwright

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TOM STOPPARD: A LIFE by Hermione Lee (Faber £30, 860pp)  Transport yourself, in these sad days of silenced theatres, to a full-house Old Vic on the evening of April 11, 1967. It’s the opening night of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, first performed the previous summer at the Edinburgh Fringe where it had terrible reviews … Read more

Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts

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Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts for 102 Dalmatians, Beethoven and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a new book has revealed. Sir Tom, 83, best known for acclaimed plays Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia, also worked behind the scenes on scripts for The Bourne Ultimatum, Star … Read more

The Forty-Year-Old Version trailer follows playwright Radha Blank’s reinvention to hip-hop

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Fresh off two nominations and one win at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the first official trailer for The Forty-Year-Old Version dropped on Wednesday, August 26.  The comedy film was written, directed and produced by Radha Blank in her directorial debut. She also stars in the lead role, a variation of herself, that was loosely based … Read more

Ralph Fiennes to portray David Hare in one-man show about how the playwright coped with coronavirus

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: A Fiennes way to deal with Covid! Ralph set to portray David Hare in a one-man show about how the playwright coped with coronavirus By Baz Bamigboye for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 02:10 BST, 31 July 2020 Ralph Fiennes is set to portray playwright David Hare … Read more

Vandals attack Bristol statue of black playwright with bleach

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Vandals launch bleach attack on Bristol statue of black playwright and actor Alfred Fagon that turns it white Avon and Somerset Police investigating the attack on 1987 Alfred Fagon statue Vandals have poured bleach over the statue of the black playwright and actor  Fagon was born in Jamaica and was a member of the Windrush … Read more

Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies from coronavirus complications at 81

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ALABAMA Gov. Kay Ivey issued statewide shutdowns of all beaches, child care facilities, dine-in restaurants and other services effective 5pm March 19.  All public schools are closed until April 6.  This extended previous rules closing day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining across six counties and banning public gatherings of more than 25 people … Read more