Leopoldstadt: Zoe Strimpel and Tom Stammers discuss Tom Stoppard's 2020 West End hit

Hyped! - A podcast by Zoe Strimpel

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Join Zoe and Tom as they unpick the hype around Sir Tom Stoppard's most recent play, a chronicle of the tragedy of European Jews in the 20th century through the fate of one sprawling family. Zoe was very very unimpressed, and Tom just unimpressed. Why did critics go wild for it? What appetite among British audience goers did it serve? What was it trying to do and where did it go wrong - and in some places, right?