Overview
- United Agents confirmed on November 29 that Stoppard died peacefully at his Dorset home, surrounded by family.
- Public tributes followed quickly, with King Charles III calling him “one of our greatest writers” and Mick Jagger praising his “majestic body of work.”
- The Olivier Awards announced West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2, in his honor.
- Across six decades he authored landmark works including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, and Leopoldstadt, winning five Tony Awards.
- Born Tomás Sträussler in Czechoslovakia, he fled wartime Europe, later shared a 1999 Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love, was knighted in 1997, and is survived by four children including actor Ed Stoppard.