WhyLeopoldstadtis Tom Stoppard's most personal play ever
Plus, the playwright says rumors of his retirement are greatly exaggerated. Tom Stoppardisn’t a fan of putting himself into his work. “I don’t much like doing it. Japhet Balaban (Otto) and Eden Epstein (Hermine) in ‘Leopoldstadt’.Joan Marcus I don’t really do it. I write about what I’m thinking. But I don’t write about what I’m living. Tom Stoppard.Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images Still, Stoppard doesn’t want anyone to view the play as autobiography....