![]() ![]() He directed the London and New York stage versions and is nominated for the best director Tony. STEVEN SPIELBERG, 76, will produce, and PATRICK MARBER, 58, is rumored to be set as the director. The big news is that there is a strong possibility that “Leopoldstadt” will become a limited streaming series. He added that a character in the 1955 segment of his play-a character who didn’t know anything about his Jewish family’s fate-is somewhat based on him. In recent interviews, Stoppard said that he was partially at fault for not learning his origins before he did. ![]() He learned that all four of his grandparents died in the camps. One cousin showed Sir Tom photos of Martha with her Jewish family members. In the early 1990s, Czech Jewish cousins finally contacted their famous playwright relative. He had suspicions, and asked some questions, but Martha would never open up. Martha kept the secret of her Jewish background from Tom for her entire life. In India, Martha met a non-Jewish British officer. Eugen stayed-on to help the British army and was killed. Martha and the boys fled to India when Japan entered (1941) the war. He was accompanied by his wife, MARTHA, and his sons, Tom, then about a year old, and PETER, 3. His father, EUGEN STRAUSSLER, a company doctor, was sent to Singapore by his company when the Nazis took over (1938) Czechoslovakia. ![]() His parents were non-observant Czech Jews. Stoppard did not find out that he is the son of two Jews until the early 1990s. “Leopoldstadt” was staged because its playwright, Sir TOM STOPPARD, 85, is universally viewed as the best living English playwright-and his “Leopoldstadt” script is as good as any he’s ever written.Ĭonnect with your community every morning. While the play has some humor, it’s an expensive play (35 actors!) that addresses grim topics like antisemitism, Jewish assimilation and the Holocaust, and it’s not likely to be mounted again in London or on Broadway. The last scene features the three family members who survived the Holocaust. About 35 family members are in the three first scenes. The main scenes are in 1899, 1924, 1938 (right after the Nazi takeover) and 1955. “Leopoldstat” follows an (extended) upper-class Austrian Jewish family from 1899 to 1955. This year’s awards will stand-out in your memory if the best play nominee, “Leopoldstadt,” wins the best new play (it’s the heavy favorite) and goes on to be turned into a top-notch streaming series. The Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS at 7 p.m. He lives in Israel with his wife and children. Raz, a retired elite Israeli commando, was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodyguard for a few years in the ’90s. ![]()
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