Despite the digital age, there is a very large number of venues and spaces that are looking for plays, and many of them are looking for new plays. Tom Stoppard agedigitallarge Change image and share on social
I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament. Tom Stoppard acknowledgeconservatismconservative Change image and share on social
I like the notion of theater as recreational. Tom Stoppard notionrecreationaltheater Change image and share on social
You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid. Tom Stoppard clumsyedgehour Change image and share on social
Good things, when short, are twice as good. Tom Stoppard goodshortthing Change image and share on social
Chekhov directors and Chekhov actors love working on his plays because there seems to be no end to what you can find out about the micro-narrative when you're investigating a text. Tom Stoppard actorchekhovdirector Change image and share on social
Lou Reed was a hero because he was an anti-hero. Tom Stoppard antiherolou Change image and share on social
The way 'star' used to be reserved for a small number of people, and when the star category became so vast, they came up with 'superstar,' and then they came up with 'megastar.' Tom Stoppard categorymegastarnumb Change image and share on social
I'm not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the word - at the exact point where the audience has just the right amount of information. It's like Occam's razor. Tom Stoppard amountaudienceexact share on social
I like dialogue that is slightly more brittle than life. I have always admired and wished to write one of those 1940s film scripts where every line is written with a sharpness and economy that is frankly artificial. Tom Stoppard 1940sadmireartificial share on social
