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20 Years Ago, A Hollywood Legend Created The Best Parts Of 'Revenge Of The Sith'

A late theater legend was secretly working behind the scenes on the Star Wars prequels.

Inverse

Letter: Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

Quentin Falk writes: Stoppard’s screenplay was remarkably faithful to Greene’s original

The Guardian - UK

‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard

The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked together

The Guardian - UK

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‘We were swimming in the mind pool of Tom Stoppard!’ – actors salute the great playwright

Rufus Sewell, Christine Baranski, Susan Wokoma, Toby Jones and Harriet Walter share their unforgettable encounters with a theatrical giant

The Guardian - UK

Surreal, erudite and always experimenting: Tom Stoppard was a playwright never likely to stand still

TRIBUTE: David Lister remembers the brilliant, complicated man whose work explored politics, science, love, Shakespeare, and even rock’n’roll

The Independent UK

Tom Stoppard Dies at 88: What Really Happened to the Man Who Changed Modern Theatre

Tom Stoppard dies at 88 in Dorset. Family confirms peaceful passing as tributes honour the acclaimed playwright who redefined modern theatre.

International Business Times UK

‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers

Tom Stoppard, who has died at 88, was one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful playwrights of our age. He won his first Tony Award for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1968, and his last for Leopoldstadt in 2023.

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Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue

The Guardian - UK

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media

You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists

The Independent UK

Tom Stoppard Dead: Revisiting His Famous Plays as Questions Over His Cause of Death Grow

Tom Stoppard dies at 88, prompting a global return to his famous plays as questions over his undisclosed cause of death continue to grow.

International Business Times UK

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary: He both entertained and fought oppression with his pen

Sir Tom Stoppard had a remarkable rise to the top of the cultural world and leaves behind an astonishing legacy of work

Evening Standard

Sir Tom Stoppard dead at 88

Sir Tom Stoppard - a legendary playwright - died "peacefully at home in Dorset", United Agents said in a statement on Saturday (29.11.25).

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Sir Tom Stoppard obituary: Iconic playwright lit up the screen with his humour and wit

Sir Tom Stoppard has passed away at the age of 88 but leaves a lasting legacy behind

The Independent UK

With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move

The questing Czech-born playwright gave us plays that looked at an implausible arcadia, an impossible utopia and affecting notions of home

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The Independent UK

Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love" has died

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died

The Independent UK

Tom Stoppard death: Oscar and Tony winning playwright dies aged 88

King among figures to pay tribute to playwright, who won an Oscar in 1999 for ‘Shakespeare in Love’

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with Tom Stoppard: from Brazil to Leopoldstadt

The great playwright had a 60-year career in the theatre and also wrote scripts for radio and the screen – here are some of his very best

The Guardian - UK

Tom Stoppard: a brilliant dramatist who always raised the temperature of the room

The self-described ‘bounced Czech’ created cerebral works centred by a core of genuine emotion – and always understood the ways of our world

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King and Queen pay tribute to ‘dear friend’ Sir Tom Stoppard

The writer, known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Shakespeare In Love, died at his home in Dorset.

The Guardian - UK

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter

Evening Standard

The Standard Theatre Awards Shortlist 2025 revealed

Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Zegler are shortlisted as the Standard’s historic celebration of the stage returns

The Independent UK

James McArdle: ‘There’s ego in theatre too! It’s vanities across the board’

INTERVIEW: The Scottish star of ‘Playing Nice’ and ‘Sexy Beasts’ speaks to Annabel Nugent about his new play at the National, sexy accents, and whether fans can ever expect a second season of ‘Mare of Easttown’

The Conversation

Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity

Playwright Tom Stoppard, in Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead, provides one of the best definitions of science: “The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear.”

The Guardian - UK

Ray Brooks obituary

Star of Cathy Come Home and The Knack who later appeared in EastEnders and was the voice of Mr Benn

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright

Exclusive: Government will promise to carry out an economic impact assessment of its proposals

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