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Tom Stoppard : a life /

A perfect match of writer and subject, one of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest living playwrights, with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. Tom Stoppard is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Hermione (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Stoppard, Tom.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • First acts
  • In transit
  • Englishness
  • The newcomer
  • Brennus
  • Walking on water
  • On the scene
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead
  • Success
  • Miriam
  • 'Tom Stoppard doesn't know'
  • Acrobatics
  • The home team
  • Travesties
  • Terra firma
  • Prisoners of conscience
  • The fourth estate
  • Undiscovered countries
  • The real thing
  • Crossing
  • Doubles
  • Script doctor
  • Changing states
  • Arcadia
  • Mother and son
  • Reinventions
  • The scar of time
  • Sir Tom, OM
  • Utopia
  • Commitments and engagements
  • Rock 'n' roll
  • Parade's end
  • Circumspice
  • The eightieth year
  • A charmed life.