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Internationally award-winning writer Tom Stoppard’s plays include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Jumpers, New Found Land, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (a play for actors and orchestra written with André Previn), Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, Rock ‘n’ Roll and, most recently, The Hard Problem. His radio plays include Albert’s Bridge, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, If You’re Glad I’ll Be Frank, and most recently, Darkside. As well as for the stage and radio, Stoppard is an award-winning writer for film and television.

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Productions

The Real ThingThe Real Thing
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Playwright
Indian InkIndian Ink
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
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Writing

Night and Day
Playwright
Hapgood
Playwright
Night and Day
Playwright
Leopoldstadt
Playwright
Shakespeare in Love
Based on the Screenplay
Travesties
Playwright
The Real Thing
Playwright
Jumpers
Playwright
Rock 'n' Roll
Playwright
Arcadia
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Awards and Nominations


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Drama Desk Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt


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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 2014 - Lebedev Award

Tom Stoppard


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 2011 - Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull

Sir Tom Stoppard

Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Rock 'n' Roll


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2007 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia

Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, Rock 'n' Roll


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2007 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia

Olivier Awards - 2007 - Best New Play

Tom Stoppard, Rock 'N' Roll


winner
Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 2006 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Rock 'n' Roll

Olivier Awards - 2003 - The BBC Award for Best New Play

Tom StoppardThe Coast Of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2001 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love

Tony Awards - 2001 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love


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Drama Desk Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Revival - Play

Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing

Olivier Awards - 1998 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year

Tom StoppardThe Invention Of Love


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Evening Standard Awards - 1997 - Best Play

Tom StoppardThe Invention of Love

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, Arcadia


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1995 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

Tony Awards - 1995 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

Olivier Awards - 1994 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year

Tom StoppardArcadia


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Evening Standard Awards - 1993 - Best Play

Tom StoppardArcadia


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Drama Desk Awards - 1984 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1984 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing


winner
Tony Awards - 1984 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing


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Evening Standard Awards - 1982 - Best Play

Tom StoppardThe Real Thing

Olivier Awards - 1981 - Comedy of the Year

Tom StoppardOn The Razzle

Drama Desk Awards - 1980 - Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard, Night and Day

Olivier Awards - 1979 - Play of the Year

Tom StoppardNight And Day


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Evening Standard Awards - 1978 - Best Play

Tom StoppardNight and Day


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Evening Standard Awards - 1976 - Best Comedy

Tom StoppardTravesties


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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1976 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Travesties


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Tony Awards - 1976 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Travesties


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 1972 - Best Play

Tom StoppardJumpers


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1968 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead


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Tony Awards - 1968 - Best Play

Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead


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Evening Standard Awards - 1967 - Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Judges and Date Set For The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

The organizers of The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize have announced that the playwriting award will be presented at an invitation-only event on Monday, March 10 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Learn more here!
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Licensing Available to High Schools Through Broadway Licensing
by Michael Major - Jan 23, 2025

Water for Elephants is now available for licensing exclusively to high schools. This exciting opportunity allows high schools to stage the show beginning in early fall 2025, alongside the launch of the musical’s First National Tour.
THE SCORE At The Theatre Royal Haymarket Full Cast Announced Photo
THE SCORE At The Theatre Royal Haymarket Full Cast Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2025

Further cast members joining legendary stage and screen actor Brian Cox (HBO's multi-award-winning Succession) as Johann Sebastian Bach and Nicole Ansari-Cox as Bach's wife Anna in Oliver Cotton's play THE SCORE have been announced.
Interview: 'Love Makes Every Character a Fool': Andrew Richardson on RSC's A MIDSUMME Photo
Interview: 'Love Makes Every Character a Fool': Andrew Richardson on RSC's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Kat Mokrynski - Jan 16, 2025

The RSC’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has transferred from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Barbican Centre for the winter. Starring Mathew Baynton as Bottom, the Shakespeare comedy tells the tale of four young lovers from Athens who escape into a magical forest where they come face-to-face with the fairy world.
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Feature: Ilana Lucas Picks the Top Toronto Theatre of 2024
by Ilana Lucas - Jan 1, 2025

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Review: THE INVENTION OF LOVE, Hampstead Theatre Photo
Review: THE INVENTION OF LOVE, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Dec 17, 2024

Don’t be fooled. It’s midwinter and a rotund man with a big white beard is centre stage. But this is no schmultz-fest panto. It’s Simon Russell Beale as A.E Housman in Blanche Mcintyre’s sober new production of Tom Stoppard’s portrait of the artist as an old man, The Invention Of Love.
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BroadwayWorld Classifieds 12/12/2024; Jobs In Education, Ticket Services and More
by - Dec 12, 2024

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 12/12/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Shakespeare Theatre Comany Photo
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Shakespeare Theatre Comany
by Pamela Roberts - Dec 9, 2024

Leopoldstadt, a weighty and ambitious work by award-winning author Tom Stoppard, is on stage now at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. The modern epic traces a Viennese Jewish family from the zest and promise at the eve of the 20th century, through the devastations of the Great War and the annexation of Austria by the German Reich, to the Holocaust and the tender, broken years after.
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BroadwayWorld Classifieds 12/5/2024; Jobs In Props, Costumes and More
by - Dec 5, 2024

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 12/5/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
LEOPOLDSTADT & More Lead Washington, DC's Holiday Season Top Theatre Shows Photo
LEOPOLDSTADT & More Lead Washington, DC's Holiday Season Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - Nov 19, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for the holiday season include Leopoldstadt and more.
Review: ROUGH CROSSING at Resident Ensemble Players Photo
Review: ROUGH CROSSING at Resident Ensemble Players
by Greer Firestone - Nov 14, 2024

The curriculum vitae of Tom Stoppard is staggering. 1964’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” brought him initial fame in the theatre world. Prolific does not do the man justice. In every theatrical/writing genre he has excelled. Tony Awards, Academy Awards and every other conceivable one. To give some context, he wrote the film “Shakespeare In Love” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. His genius in writing is equal to that of Stephen Sondheim in musical theatre.
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Will Perform With Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall Photo
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Will Perform With Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2024

GRAMMY-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, will be a guest soloist with Musica Sacra for its annual holiday season concert next month at Carnegie Hall.
Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Theater J Photo
Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Theater J
by Mary Lincer - Nov 5, 2024

In an elegant coincidence (or a charming conspiracy by the theatre gods), DC audiences will be able to see two absolutely engrossing plays about Jewish family life in 20th and 21st century Europe, back to back: Tom Stoppard's Tony award-winning Leopoldstadt next month at the Shakespeare Theatre and Joshua Harmon's Drama Desk award-winning Prayer for the French Republic through November 24 at Theater J.
Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA Comes to The Heights Players Photo
Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA Comes to The Heights Players
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 2, 2024

The Heights Players is presenting Tom Stoppard's Arcadia through November 10th, 2024. Through the masterful interplay of past and present, the play weaves together threads of mathematics, poetry, landscape gardening, romantic entanglements, and most importantly: order and chaos.
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Dramatists Play Service Secures Theatrical Licensing Rights For OH, MARY!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2024

Dramatists Play Service, the play imprint of Broadway Licensing Global, has announced the addition of Oh, Mary!, the critically-acclaimed new play by writer-performer, Cole Escola, to its catalog. 
Shakespeare Theatre Company Reveals Cast & Creative Team For LEOPOLDSTADT Photo
Shakespeare Theatre Company Reveals Cast & Creative Team For LEOPOLDSTADT
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2024

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, directed by Carey Perloff. The show is produced in association with The Huntington, where it completed a record-setting run earlier this month, ending up as one of the top five highest-grossing shows in the theatre's history.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Unveils 2025 Season Featuring Nine Productions Photo
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Unveils 2025 Season Featuring Nine Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2024

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival revealed its 2025 season, featuring nine productions under the theme 'Undiscovered Countries,' including and THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR and more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Makes Sydney Premiere Next Month Photo
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Makes Sydney Premiere Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2024

Shakespeare In Love will make its Sydney premiere this November. Performances run 12 November - 14 December 2024.
Tom Stoppard's ROUGH CROSSING to be Presented at the Resident Ensemble Players Photo
Tom Stoppard's ROUGH CROSSING to be Presented at the Resident Ensemble Players
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2024

Experience Tom Stoppard's hilarious farce ROUGH CROSSING at the Resident Ensemble Players in Newark, DE. Follow the comedic chaos of playwrights on an ocean liner. Learn how to purchase tickets.
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Kelli O'Hara to Perform at Steppenwolf Theatre in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2024

Kelli O'Hara is set to perform at Steppenwolf Theatre in spring 2025. The Tony Award-winning actress will bring her Broadway talents to Chicago for two special nights. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Tom Stoppard written?

Tom Stoppard has written 21 shows including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Playwright), Travesties (Playwright), Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land (Playwright), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Bookwriter), Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (Playwright), Night and Day (Playwright), Artist Descending a Staircase (Playwright), The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (Playwright), Hapgood (Playwright), Arcadia (Playwright), The Real Thing (Playwright), Night and Day (Playwright), The Invention Of Love (Playwright), Jumpers (Playwright), The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 - Voyage (Playwright), The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck (Playwright), The Coast of Utopia (Playwright), The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 - Salvage (Playwright), Rock 'n' Roll (Playwright), Shakespeare in Love (Based on the Screenplay), Leopoldstadt (Playwright).

What awards has Tom Stoppard been nominated for?

Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Leopoldstadt, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Leopoldstadt, Lebedev Award (Evening Standard Awards) for , Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull (Evening Standard Awards), Best Play (Tony Awards) for Rock 'n' Roll, Best Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Rock 'n' Roll, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best New Play (Olivier Awards) for Rock 'N' Roll, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Rock 'n' Roll, The BBC Award for Best New Play (Olivier Awards) for The Coast Of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Invention of Love, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Invention of Love, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Invention of Love, Outstanding Revival - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing, BBC Award for the Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for The Invention Of Love, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for The Invention of Love, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Arcadia, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Arcadia, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Arcadia, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Arcadia, BBC Award for the Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Arcadia , Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Arcadia, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Real Thing, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Real Thing, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for The Real Thing, Comedy of the Year (Olivier Awards) for On The Razzle, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Night and Day, Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Night And Day, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Night and Day, Best Comedy (Evening Standard Awards) for Travesties, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Travesties, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Travesties, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Jumpers, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright (Evening Standard Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead .

What awards has Tom Stoppard won?

Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Leopoldstadt; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Leopoldstadt; Lebedev Award (Evening Standard Awards); Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull (Evening Standard Awards); Best Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Coast of Utopia; Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Coast of Utopia; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Coast of Utopia; Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Coast of Utopia; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Rock 'n' Roll; Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Invention of Love; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Invention of Love; Outstanding Revival - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for The Invention of Love; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Arcadia; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Arcadia; Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Real Thing; Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Real Thing; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for The Real Thing; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Night and Day; Best Comedy (Evening Standard Awards) for Travesties; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Travesties; Best Play (Tony Awards) for Travesties; Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Jumpers; Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Best Play (Tony Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; and Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright (Evening Standard Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

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