![Thomas Stoppard and his journey from wartime refugee to our greatest living playwright | Daily Mail Online Thomas Stoppard and his journey from wartime refugee to our greatest living playwright | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/10/01/20/33873702-8795893-image-a-2_1601582306317.jpg)
Thomas Stoppard and his journey from wartime refugee to our greatest living playwright | Daily Mail Online
![Mark Shanahan on Twitter: "In the 70s, my parents took us to see Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day" on Broadway. Diana Rigg played a magnate's wife, an icy, elegant, super enchanting woman Mark Shanahan on Twitter: "In the 70s, my parents took us to see Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day" on Broadway. Diana Rigg played a magnate's wife, an icy, elegant, super enchanting woman](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ehj4_dbXsAY6qjY.jpg)
Mark Shanahan on Twitter: "In the 70s, my parents took us to see Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day" on Broadway. Diana Rigg played a magnate's wife, an icy, elegant, super enchanting woman
![Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London 11/1978 Stock Photo - Alamy Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London 11/1978 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/112b37f1de3c42e6817c204d44656dcc/2atayw0.jpg)
Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London 11/1978 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ATAYTX/diana-rigg-as-ruth-carson-in-night-and-day-by-tom-stoppard-directed-by-peter-wood-at-the-phoenix-theatre-london-in-1978-dame-enid-diana-elizabeth-rigg-born-doncaster-1938-english-stage-film-and-television-actress-made-a-cbe-in-1988-and-a-dbe-in-1994-2ATAYTX.jpg)
Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English
![Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ATAYTY/diana-rigg-as-ruth-carson-in-night-and-day-by-tom-stoppard-directed-by-peter-wood-at-the-phoenix-theatre-london-in-1978-dame-enid-diana-elizabeth-rigg-born-doncaster-1938-english-stage-film-and-television-actress-made-a-cbe-in-1988-and-a-dbe-in-1994-2ATAYTY.jpg)
Diana Rigg (as Ruth Carson) in NIGHT AND DAY by Tom Stoppard directed by Peter Wood at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1978. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, born Doncaster 1938. English
![Information is light information in itself about anything is light - Tom Stoppard from Night and Day #librarywalk #librarywalknyc #n… | Day for night, Light, Night Information is light information in itself about anything is light - Tom Stoppard from Night and Day #librarywalk #librarywalknyc #n… | Day for night, Light, Night](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6e/ba/9e/6eba9ea2e1bbc33f84ea1eed404b3c4d.jpg)
Information is light information in itself about anything is light - Tom Stoppard from Night and Day #librarywalk #librarywalknyc #n… | Day for night, Light, Night
![Maggie Smith "NIGHT and DAY" Paul Hecht / Tom Stoppard 1980 Broadway Playbill at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store Maggie Smith "NIGHT and DAY" Paul Hecht / Tom Stoppard 1980 Broadway Playbill at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-mjyKm2WL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)