Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88

Source Chicago Sun-Times
Original Load Date Nov. 29, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Last Updated Nov. 29, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Original URL https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/11/29/tom-stoppard-obituary-playwright-won-oscar-shakespeare-in-love

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* SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][9] * [ Facebook ][10] * [ Bluesky ][11] * [ Email ][12] * [ Reddit ][13] * [ Flipboard ][14] LONDON — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an [ Academy Award ][15] for the screenplay for 1998’s “...