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The definitive account of Britiain s greatest living playwright.
This is an online event. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
Acclaimed biographer Hermione Lee s new book
Tom Stoppard: A Life, has been hailed as a prodigious achievement (Sunday Times). As part of the Royal Society of Literature s RSL200 celebrations she will be sharing her unparalleled insight into the extraordinary life and work of Britain s greatest living playwright, Tom Stoppard.
Lee draws upon unprecedented access to diaries, letters, and countless interviews – from Felicity Kendal to John Boorman, Trevor Nunn to Steven Spielberg – to build a meticulously researched portrait. In this conversation Lee will discuss the complex, elusive and private focus of her latest biography, the challenge of tackling a living subject, and what it takes to write a life. She will be in conversation with the journalist and broadcas