Overview
- United Agents said the Czech-born writer died peacefully at his Dorset home on Nov. 29, surrounded by family.
- A six-decade career produced landmark plays including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia and the semi-autobiographical Leopoldstadt.
- He shared the 1999 Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love and also provided uncredited script work on Indiana Jones and Star Wars films.
- Born Tomáš Sträussler in Czechoslovakia to a Jewish family, he fled the Nazis as a child, a history that later shaped his themes.
- London’s Olivier Awards said West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes at 7 pm Tuesday in his memory, with broader memorial plans yet to be announced.