Sir Tom Stoppard (Image: Family handout/Matt Humphrey/PA)

Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has died aged 88. The writer, known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia and the film Shakespeare In Love, died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset “surrounded by his family”, United Agents said in a statement.

The statement added: “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 honour to work with Tom and to know him.”

Over his six-decade career, Sir Tom earned Tony and Olivier awards.

He also won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his 1998 screenplay Shakespeare In Love, which starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Dame Judi Dench.

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