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Jewish district inspires Tom Stoppard in 'personal' new play by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

Playwright will return to West End with Leopoldstadt, based in old Jewish quarter of Vienna Tom Stoppard, whose four Jewish grandparents and much of his family from his parents' generation died in Nazi concentration camps, is returning to the West End with what is likely to be his most personal play. The 81-year-old playwright has spent the last year writing Leopoldstadt, his first play since The Hard Problem at the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM on June 26, 2019

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