Leopoldstadt | Tom Stoppard - In Conversation | National Theatre Live

[@rory4605]

Had the good fortune of meeting Sir Tom outside Chichester theatre in 2015. He was a bit taken aback at first by this random 17 year-old boy tapping him on the arm gently to get his attention. He looked down at me, quite stonily, and I immediately felt a huge rush of anxiety and felt i'd made a terrible mistake in interrupting this famous playwright. But then his expression softened, which, in turn, softened me, I stuttered a little, he explained that his son had a stammer as well, which was hugely kind of him to mention as it put me at ease. We had a brisk but friendly conversation, shook hands and that was it. A true gentleman. I was kind of hoping i'd pop up in a future play of his, but no word on that yet.

[@MrJohndoe17]

A great story. Until the last line. If you ever did pop up in a play of TS, you'd never recognize yourself, or if you did, you might well, at the least, be chagrined.

[@rory4605]

@@MrJohndoe17 If I were to be subtly defamed and lambasted by anyone, it'd be Sir Tom Stoppard :)

[@torisefford5671]

Nothing quite inspiring as silence.. Brilliant as the man himself.

[@zebibabr]

Absolutely stunning play, just got to see it screened here in Edinburgh. One of the best things I've ever seen!

[@NationalTheatre]

That's wonderful!

[@DinaBelenko]

Thank. You. So. Much! 🖤

[@honeyjbc1]

Well at least I have one thing in common with this genius. I also liked Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine.

[@timwilliams9003]

Stoppard would approve of the following : editors not that in the subtitles you have 'lead' where you mean 'led'.

[@mariambernstein9478]

Thank you so much for recording it!! Broadcast date for Canada?

[@NationalTheatre]

Sadly we're not releasing to cinemas in Canada - so sorry!

[@Mom2MrBabyHaikin]

😂❤❤❤

[@barbarahourigan8462]

❤️❤️

[@betsymckenny8575]

Screening date for New York? (And please don’t say “soon”, which is what the NTLive website has been saying for ages now.)

[@NationalTheatre]

Sadly it's not broadcasting to the USA. Sorry!

[@charlespeterson3798]

When do I see it in Texas?

[@NationalTheatre]

Sadly it's not broadcasting to the USA. Sorry!

[@denizalgazi]

👍

[@MrJohndoe17]

I love TS. He is progressive but not Progressive. EG, history exists. He is not in the cult of Self-Improvement, not an automaton of the Therapeutic Age.

[@honeyjbc1]

He doesn't possess a computer?!?

[@ellie-tk4jy]

Does Richard Herring still hate you?