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  1. Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
    By Andrew Pulver

    A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #Filmadaptations #Television #Televisionradio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

  2. Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
    By Andrew Pulver

    A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #Filmadaptations #Television #Televisionradio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

  3. Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
    By Andrew Pulver

    A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #Filmadaptations #Television #Televisionradio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

  4. Side Characters Shenanigans in a HAMLET Send-Up

    Side characters take center stage in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's Hamlet send-up.
    bookriot.com/zero-to-well-read

    #ZerotoWellRead #plays #playwright #TomStoppard

  5. Side Characters Shenanigans in a HAMLET Send-Up

    Side characters take center stage in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's Hamlet send-up.
    bookriot.com/zero-to-well-read

    #ZerotoWellRead #plays #playwright #TomStoppard

  6. Side Characters Shenanigans in a HAMLET Send-Up

    Side characters take center stage in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's Hamlet send-up.
    bookriot.com/zero-to-well-read

    #ZerotoWellRead #plays #playwright #TomStoppard

  7. Side Characters Shenanigans in a HAMLET Send-Up

    Side characters take center stage in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's Hamlet send-up.
    bookriot.com/zero-to-well-read

    #ZerotoWellRead #plays #playwright #TomStoppard

  8. The Guardian view on the two cultures: bridge the divide, starting with A-levels | Editorial
    By Editorial

    Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Education #Alevels #Exams #Schools #Sixthform #Science #Mathematics #Art #Humanities #TomStoppard #TheGuardian #Editorial

  9. The Guardian view on the two cultures: bridge the divide, starting with A-levels | Editorial
    By Editorial

    Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Education #Alevels #Exams #Schools #Sixthform #Science #Mathematics #Art #Humanities #TomStoppard #TheGuardian #Editorial

  10. The Guardian view on the two cultures: bridge the divide, starting with A-levels | Editorial
    By Editorial

    Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Education #Alevels #Exams #Schools #Sixthform #Science #Mathematics #Art #Humanities #TomStoppard #TheGuardian #Editorial

  11. #ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

    Verbally.

    But it also depends on what is communicated;
    ~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
    ~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

    Since Tom Stoppard noted...
    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
    ... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

    #TomStoppard

  12. #ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

    Verbally.

    But it also depends on what is communicated;
    ~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
    ~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

    Since Tom Stoppard noted...
    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
    ... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

    #TomStoppard

  13. #ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

    Verbally.

    But it also depends on what is communicated;
    ~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
    ~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

    Since Tom Stoppard noted...
    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
    ... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

    #TomStoppard

  14. #ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

    Verbally.

    But it also depends on what is communicated;
    ~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
    ~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

    Since Tom Stoppard noted...
    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
    ... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

    #TomStoppard

  15. #ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

    Verbally.

    But it also depends on what is communicated;
    ~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
    ~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

    Since Tom Stoppard noted...
    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
    ... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

    #TomStoppard

  16. "When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

    ~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

    #TomStoppard #Quote #Today

  17. "When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

    ~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

    #TomStoppard #Quote #Today

  18. "When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

    ~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

    #TomStoppard #Quote #Today

  19. "When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

    ~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

    #TomStoppard #Quote #Today

  20. "When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

    ~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

    #TomStoppard #Quote #Today

  21. BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by , so I've been listening to them.

    He's clearly a big fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

    The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

    This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

  22. BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

    He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

    The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

    This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

  23. BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

    He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

    The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

    This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

  24. BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

    He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

    The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

    This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

  25. BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

    He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

    The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

    This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

  26. #TomStoppard #RadioDrama

    Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
    Spotlight

    Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

    This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

    Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

    Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

    Albert ..... Paul Copley
    Kate ..... Diane Bull
    Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
    Chairman ..... George A Cooper
    Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
    Dave ..... Richard Tate
    George ..... John Sampson
    Mother ..... Eva Stuart
    Father ..... Alan Dudley
    Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

    Director: David Hitchinson

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

  27. #TomStoppard #RadioDrama

    Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
    Spotlight

    Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

    This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

    Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

    Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

    Albert ..... Paul Copley
    Kate ..... Diane Bull
    Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
    Chairman ..... George A Cooper
    Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
    Dave ..... Richard Tate
    George ..... John Sampson
    Mother ..... Eva Stuart
    Father ..... Alan Dudley
    Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

    Director: David Hitchinson

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

  28. #TomStoppard #RadioDrama

    Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
    Spotlight

    Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

    This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

    Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

    Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

    Albert ..... Paul Copley
    Kate ..... Diane Bull
    Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
    Chairman ..... George A Cooper
    Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
    Dave ..... Richard Tate
    George ..... John Sampson
    Mother ..... Eva Stuart
    Father ..... Alan Dudley
    Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

    Director: David Hitchinson

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

  29. #TomStoppard #RadioDrama

    Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
    Spotlight

    Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

    This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

    Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

    Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

    Albert ..... Paul Copley
    Kate ..... Diane Bull
    Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
    Chairman ..... George A Cooper
    Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
    Dave ..... Richard Tate
    George ..... John Sampson
    Mother ..... Eva Stuart
    Father ..... Alan Dudley
    Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

    Director: David Hitchinson

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

  30. #TomStoppard #RadioDrama

    Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
    Spotlight

    Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

    This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

    Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

    Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

    Albert ..... Paul Copley
    Kate ..... Diane Bull
    Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
    Chairman ..... George A Cooper
    Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
    Dave ..... Richard Tate
    George ..... John Sampson
    Mother ..... Eva Stuart
    Father ..... Alan Dudley
    Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

    Director: David Hitchinson

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

  31. Strong revival of Arcadia: past scenes gripping, present-day strand less urgent. I felt I followed all the theory as I watched, yet somehow left the theatre with most of it vanished from my head. A confident, thoughtful staging.

    #tomstoppard #arcadia #theatre #theatrereview #london

  32. “No matter how imperfect things are, if you’ve got a #freepress everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.” - #TomStoppard

  33. “No matter how imperfect things are, if you’ve got a #freepress everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.” - #TomStoppard