For nearly a century, he has been renowned for his colorful works of fiction, his celebrity presence in the Roaring Twenties, his indulgent lifestyle, and, of course, his creation of the “Great American Novel." No other American author truly embodies the fancies and follies of the Jazz Age than...

The year is 1995. The Royal Court Theatre in London is all set up for a production written by a debuting playwright. The British audiences, always excited to see grand productions from their favorite theaters, have just settled in their seats. Lights are turned off, and the curtains finally open....

“We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style,” so says the Player in Tom Stoppard’s renowned play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Uninhibited by circumstance and convention, Stoppard, an immigrant playwright, breaks free from this line as he pens...