Tom Stoppard admits being at odds with 'lively' leftwing UK theatre scene
Playwright, born in Czechoslovakia, talks of his gratitude to UK for saving him from a life under communism Sir Tom Stoppard has revealed how his staunch criticism of communist regimes in his plays, born out of his own past as a Jewish child refugee from Czechoslovakia, set him at odds with the "lively" leftwing strain of the UK theatre scene. His passionate defence of writers and journalists under threat by communis…