Tom Stoppard , the Academy and Tony Award-winning British playwright and screenwriter, has died at the age of 88.

Stoppard’s agents confirmed his death to the BBC , noting in a statement that he “died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family.” No cause of death was provided.

“He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language. It was an honor to work with Tom and to know him.”

A five-time Tony Award winner for Best Play, Stoppard first earned the honor at the age of 30 for 1968’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , which reimagined the events of Hamlet through the eyes of two minor characters from William Shakespeare’s drama. Stoppard also

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