Goodbye to Tom Stoppard

I was always interested in Tom Stoppard, who seemed to be a clever, humane, and curious man.   (I am reminded in his obituaries that he supported Margaret Thatcher and called himself a "small c conservative" or "timid libertarian" - but this was back at the time before big C conservatives went all culture war nuts on science and immigration, so I don't hold it against him.  Besides, he had worked with Spielberg, so he can't have been a pain politically.)   

I actually saw his play Arcadia in Brisbane - one of the relatively few times in my life I have been to the theatre to see a drama instead of a musical.  I don't remember too much about it, to be honest, apart from recalling that I found it interesting and clever at the time.   (I do remember a discussion with my companion about how I thought it could have made one thing clearer, and she disagreed.)

Obituaries also note that he was married 3 times.   But people in the arts, you know?   If they have been married only once, they were probably an artist failure!

Anyway, I wish we had someone prominent like him now, in theatre, but I am not sure we do...