In Context: Tom Stoppard

Prolific playwright Tom Stoppard’s career spans over 50 years. His catalogue of work has entertained and stimulated audiences, from his acclaimed professional breakthrough with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the National Theatre in 1967, to the success of his screenplay Shakespeare in Love in 1999, and now his latest play, The Hard Problem.

In this afternoon we celebrate his extraordinary theatre work at the National Theatre and beyond through panel discussion and readings. Chaired by Dan Rebellato, (Head of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London), speakers include Simon Russell Beale, who starred in NT revivals of both Jumpers and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Jim Hunter who has written three studies of Stoppard including About Stoppard; and theatre director Blanche McIntyre who is directing Arcadia for English Touring Theatre in 2015.