I – Non-Fiction works by Tom Stoppard published in books and magazines
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Encore (Encore Publishing, UK March-April 1963)
Includes “A Very Satirical Thing…” by Tom Stoppard on pages 33-36.
Plays & Players, UK (January 1967)
Stoppard reviews “The Impossible Years” on pages 28-29.
Plays & Players, UK (March 1967)
Stoppard reviews “The Soldier’s Fortune” on pages 16-19.
Glynn Boyd Harte: A Spring Collection (Thumb Gallery, London, UK April 1976)
A catalogue booklet for an exhibition of drawings by Glynn Boyd Harte. Tom Stoppard wrote the introduction.
New York Review Of Books (4th August 1977)
Tom Stoppard’s article on Charter 77, “Prague: The Story of the Chartists” is on pages 11-15.
Vaclav Havel – The Memorandum (Grove Weidenfeld, USA 1980 ISBN: 0-8021-3229-4; Methuen, UK 1981 ISBN: 0-41348310-X)
Stoppard wrote a 3 page introduction to this new edition of Havel’s play.
Is It True What They Say About Shakespeare? (International Shakespeare Association, UK 1982)
The text of a lecture given by Stoppard to the annual meeting of the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft West in Hamburg on 12th April 1980.
They Shoot Writers Don’t They? (Faber & Faber, UK 1984 ISBN: 0-571-13260-X)
A compilation of articles from issues of Index On Censorship. Tom Stoppard’s “Open Letter To President Husák” from October 1981 is on pages 57-59.
Illuminations issue 3 (The Rathasker Press, USA Spring 1984 ISSN: 0736-4725)
A short item from Stoppard about the tall poet Sir Stephen Spender in an issue celebrating Spender’s 75th birthday. This edition was limited to 500 copies.
Publish & Be Damned (Heinemann Kingswood, UK 1988 ISBN: 0-434-98155-9)
A collection of cartoons published as a fundraiser for International PEN. The foreword was written by Tom Stoppard.
The Pleasure Of Reading edited by Antonia Fraser (Bloomsbury, UK 1992 ISBN: 0-7475-0813-5)
A collection of essays on reading by forty writers. On pages 147-152 Tom Stoppard recounts his personal history of reading and lists his ten favourite books.
The Rushdie Letters (University of Nebraska Press, USA 1993 ISBN:0-8032-3174-1)
Includes Tom Stoppard’s essay “On the Third Anniversary of the Fatwa”.
Talk Magazine, USA – No. 1, September 1999
“On Turning Out To Be Jewish” by Tom Stoppard on pages 190-194 and 241-243. Stoppard’s self-revelation of his family history that was the seed for Leopoldstadt.
Anthony Fry (Umbrage Editions, USA 2000 ISBN: 1-884167-6-3)
A collection of paintings by Anthony Fry and essays about him. Tom Stoppard contributes “Sitting For Anthony Fry”.
Counting My Chickens by Deborah Devonshire (Long Barn Books, UK 2001 ISBN: 1-902-421-051)
Stoppard provided the introduction to this collection of pieces by his friend the Duchess of Devonshire.
Doing It: Five Performing Arts – edited by Robert B Silvers (New York Review of Books, USA 2001 ISBN: 0-9403-2275-7)
Includes ‘Pragmatic Theater’ on pages 1-12; a talk given by Tom Stoppard at the New York Public Library on 29 March 1999 and published in the New York Review of Books on 23 September 1999.
Bach At Leipzig by Itamar Moses (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, USA 2005 ISBN: 0-571-21111-9)
Includes a preface by Tom Stoppard.
Index on Censorship Vol 35 No 1 (2006 ISSN: 0306-4220)
Tom Stoppard’s article about freedom of speech “Playing The Trump Card” is on pages 134-136.
The Guardian Review, UK (18th March 2006)
Tom Stoppard’s article “A Matter Of Give and Take” is on page 3. This is an excerpt from his article in Index on Censorship Vol 35 No 1.
Writers Under Siege (New York University Press, USA 2007 ISBN: 978-0-8147-6743-6)
Tom Stoppard wrote the foreword about the work of PEN.
Vanity Fair, UK – No. 567, November 2007
“Here’s Looking at You, Syd” by Tom Stoppard on pages 138-140. Stoppard’s explanation for how Syd Barrett, from the original Pink Floyd, ended up as a character in Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Theatre Writings by Kenneth Tynan (Nick Hern Books, UK 2007 ISBN: 1-85459-050-2)
The foreword is by Tom Stoppard.
Modern Delight (Waterstones / Faber & Faber, UK 2009 ISBN: 978-0-571-25125-4)
A collection of essays about delight. A fundraiser for Dyslexia Action and The London Library. Stoppard describes his day of delight on pages 165-166.
Mick Rock Exposed:The Faces of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Chronicle Books, USA 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8118-7136-5)
Tom Stoppard wrote the foreword to this collection of photographs.
Index on Censorship Vol 39 No 4 (2010 ISSN: 0306-4220 ISBN: 978-0-85702-847-1)
Includes Tom Stoppard’s article “Letter From The Outside” about writing to writers in prison, on pages 14-16.
Granta 119: Britain (Granta Publications, UK Spring 2012 ISBN: 978-1-90588-156-7)
Tom Stoppard wrote the introduction to an article about the Belarus Free Theatre.
Circumspice: The PEN/Pinter Prize Lecture 2013 (English PEN/Faber & Faber 2013 No ISBN)
Paperback with french wrappers. Half-title, title, 12 pages numbered 5-16, 4 blanks. Pages 216mm x 138mm. Front: hunter green wrappers with text in black within a double lined rectangle ‘CIRCUMSPICE | The PEN/Pinter Prize Lecture | 2013 | TOM STOPPARD’.
The text of Stoppard’s lecture. 450 copies were printed for private circulation.
Areté issue 41 (Areté, UK Autumn 2013 ISBN: 978-0-957-2999-3-1)
In a feature entitled “50 Great Moments of Theatre” Stoppard’s contribution on page 27 is “What Not To Wear”.
The Ten PEN Pinter Lectures 2009-2018 (English PEN/Faber & Faber 2018 No ISBN)
Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 162 pages numbered 1-162. Pages 197mm x 126mm. Black paper covered boards; across spine in red within a red rectangle: ‘THE TEN | PEN | PINTER | LECTURES | 2009-2018’. Dustjacket. 495mm x 204mm. Front: Red with the title and names of lecturers in black.
Includes the text of Stoppard’s 2013 lecture. 900 copies were printed for private circulation.
