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His play, the invention of love, was awarded the 1997 london evening standard theatre award for best play. The invention of love is a 1997 play by tom stoppard portraying the life of poet a. Tom stoppard likes to populate his plays with wellknown and often less wellknown public, historical figures. Sir tom stoppard om cbe frsl born tomas straussler. The invention of love by tom stoppard, austin shakespeare. Tom stoppard is said to have transcended the influence of samuel beckett and found his true precursor in oscar wilde. Houseman and contrasting his career with his contemporary oscar wilde. Tom stoppard is the author of such seminal works as rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, jumpers, the real thing, arcadia, the invention of love, and the trilogy the coast of utopia. Tom stoppards work includes rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, the real inspector hound, jumpers, travesties, night and day, every good boy deserves favour, after magritte, dirty linen, the real thing, hapgood, arcadia, indian ink, the invention of love, the trilogy the coast of utopia, rock n roll and the hard problem.
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