Front Row - Tom Stoppard
Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who turns 80 this summer.
The Old Vic's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire, will be broadcast live into cinemas across the UK on Thursday 20 April. Travesties, starring Tom Hollander and Freddie Fox, is on in the West End until the end of the month.
Tom Stoppard talks about fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, his fascination with word play, and his secret role as a script doctor in Hollywood.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
Published on Friday, 14th April 2017.
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