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Sir Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard. 3 rd July 1937 – Present Day By Sarah Cleary, Lindsay Lovelock, Rachel Cowan and Natalie Bennett. His Life. Born Tomáš Straüssler in Zlin, Czechoslovakia (3/7/1937) He was the second son, father – Eugen, a physician for Bata, mother – Martha.

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Sir Tom Stoppard

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  1. Sir Tom Stoppard 3rd July 1937 – Present Day By Sarah Cleary, Lindsay Lovelock, Rachel Cowan and Natalie Bennett.

  2. His Life • Born Tomáš Straüssler in Zlin, Czechoslovakia (3/7/1937) • He was the second son, father – Eugen, a physician for Bata, mother – Martha. • 14th March 1939 - Nazis invade Czechoslovakia, Straüssler’s leave and go to Singapore • 1942 - Woman and children evacuated prior to Japanese invasion. Goes to India. • 1945 - Martha marries Kenneth Stoppard • 1946 - moves to England. Tomáš Straüssler becomes Tom Stoppard. • 1954 – 1958 Journalist on the Western Daily Press. • 1958 – 1960 Journalist on the Bristol Evening News • 1960 - decides to be a playwright.

  3. His Life Continued • 1965 – marries Jose Ingle have 2 sons • 1969 – leaves Jose and takes 2 sons • 1970 – starts divorce proceedings and moves in with Dr. Miriam Moore-Robinson. • 1972 – wins custody of 2 sons and marries Miriam and have their first son. They have 2 sons • 1992 - divorces Miriam • 1994 - learns of Jewish background. • 1996 – his mother dies and his stepfather asks him to change his name. • 1997 – stepfather dies • 1998 – returns to Czechoslovakia for first time with brother. (Kelly, 2002: pp.1-9))

  4. After Margarite Albert’s Bridge Another moon called Earth Arcadia Artist Descending a Staircase A Walk on the Water The Boundary Cherry Orchard The Cross of Utopia Dalliance; Undiscovered Country Dirty Linen / New-found-land The Dissolution of Dominic Boot The Dogg it was that died Dogg’s our pet Dogg’s Hamlet; Cahoot’s Macbeth Enter a free man Every Good Boy Deserves Favour; Professional Foul The Fifteen Minute Hamlet The Gamblers Hapgood Henry IV Heroes The House of Bernarda Alba If you’re glad, I’ll be frank In the native state Indian Ink The Invention of Love Ivanov Jumpers Largo Desolato The love for three oranges M is for Moon among other things Neutral ground Night and Day On the Razzle The Real Inspector Hound The Real thing Rock ‘n’ Roll Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead Rough Crossing Salvage The Seagull Separate Peace Ship wreck Shakespeare in Love Squaring the circle Tango Teeth Travesties Voyage Where are they now His Plays(Oddy, 2005)

  5. Other Work • Malquist and Mr Moon – Novel • Brazil - film • Empire of the Sun - film • The Human Factor - film • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - film • Shakespeare in Love - film • If You’re Glad I’ll Be Frank – Radio (Moonstruck Drama)

  6. Pros The works are clever and entertaining The works are well organised with special attention paid to making sure they work on the stage Interesting thoughts and ideas addressed in the works Most of the work readily accessible, and the dramas often revived. Cons Different versions of some of the plays differ noticeably. Many find much of his work too complex and confusing E.g. playing with doubles, different (yet simultaneous) time frames, etc. Some find much of his work too intellectual, and without enough heart. (Complete-Review,2002) Pros and Cons of Stoppards’ Work

  7. Influences • His work is almost “Brechtian” • Exposure to numerous films. • Political Issues. • Through his Novel: Lord Malquist and Mr Moon. • “Wildean” Response

  8. Techniques Styles “Plays of ideas” Techniques/Styles

  9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

  10. Prizes and Awards • 1967   Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright • 1967   Plays and Players Best Play AwardRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead • 1968   Antoinette Perry Award for Best PlayRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead • 1968   New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best PlayRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead • 1968   Tony Award for Best Play (USA)Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead • 1997   KBE (Grindrod)

  11. History of the Play • This play won him his first Tony Award. • One of his previous plays “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet King Lear” was rewritten to make this play. • Produces the play and interweaves it into Hamlet – putting it into prose. • MGM rejected • Idea for making a story with these 2 characters came from Kenneth Ewing (Stoppards’ agent) (Slideshare, 2009)

  12. Rosencrantz Guildenstern The Player Players Hamlet Ophelia Claudius Gertrude Polonius Fortinbras Horatio Ambassador Courtiers and Attendants Player Musicians Characters

  13. Plot

  14. Links to Shakespeare • Bored of Shakespeare at School. (Kelly, 2002: p.27) • Discovered Shakespeare through journalism and Peter O’Toole – Hamlet. (Kelly, 2002: p.27) • The theme of the play within the play – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and The Real Inspector Hound. • “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” The Real Inspector Hound.” • “Quotations of Shakespeare are artfully inserted so that they seem like common speech.” (Gussow, 1999) • He treats the original Shakespeare plot as a subplot. • Recently converted The Merchant of Venice from a 3 hour comedy to a 30 minute play. (Arendt, 2005)

  15. Work through & Activity!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv5ZpRKkEnM

  16. Tom Stoppard Critics • “punning, far-fetched, leaping from depth to dizziness”(The Times, 2004) • David Guaspari defends Stoppard’s style • "(I)n both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Jumpers, his first big successes, one was aware of a Beckett-like regret for our insignificance in the universal void. (Nightingale, 1998) • "Stoppard's work invariably demands much from its audiences -- head, heart, libido -- and credits them with the capacity to learn.”(Reiter, 2001)

  17. Tom Stoppard Critics • Tom Stoppard’s early work was known for his lack of emotion. • “Stoppard - who is known for using humour to deal with philosophical, social and political issues”(Bentley, 2009)

  18. Any Questions?

  19. Bibliography • Arendt, P. (2005) Tom Stoppard cuts Shakespeare down to size for schools.http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2005/oct/11/theatre.shakespeare (accessed 05/05/09) • Bentley, D. (2009) Tom Stoppard 'totally rewriting Ridley Scott's Robin Hood'Coventry, UK: Coventry Telegraph.net. http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2009/05/tom-stoppard-totally-rewriting.html (accessed 05.05.09) • Grindrod, C. Tom Stoppard: Prizes and Awards. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth254 (accessed 07/05/09) • Gussow, M. (1999) CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Tom Stoppard In Love, With Shakespeare, New York, USA: New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/movies/critic-s-notebook-tom-stoppard-in-love-with-shakespeare.html (accessed 04/05/09)

  20. Bibliography Cont.d • Kelly, K. (2002) The Cambridge Companion to Tom Stoppard. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Uiversity Press. • Moonstruck Drama. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc46p.html#anchor97138 (accessed 07/05/09) • Oddy, J.(2005) Tom Stoppard (1937-) Dorset, UK. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/stoppard-tom.html (accessed 06.05.09) • Slideshare (2009) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Deadhttp://www.slideshare.net/literature.history/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead (accessed 07.05.09) • Stoppard, T. (2000) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. London, UK: Fabre and Faber Ltd. • Stoppard, T. (1993) The Real Inspector Hound ad Other Entertainment. London, UK: Faber and Faber Ltd. • The Times. (2004) Ronald Bryden: Drama critic and dramaturge whose passion for the theatre brought him to Britain to find “essential Britishness”. London, UK: News International Group. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article397897.ece (accessed 05.05.09)

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