Remembering Sir Tom Stoppard

‘Tom Stoppard was simply one of the indisputable greatest playwrights and screenwriters of our time and any time.

‘His writing achieved a seemingly impossible fusion between passion, wit and intellect. Unsurprisingly, he was an amazing person to spend any time with — generous, kind, hilarious and effortlessly brainy. From my perspective he was both a kind of rock star and genius professor.

‘We are lucky to have lived in his lifetime and to have witnessed, first-hand, astonishing play after astonishing play flow out of him. An exceptional person. Our thoughts are with his close friends and family.

‘Rest in peace Tom.’

Matthew Warchus, Artistic Director, The Old Vic