The British Library publishes four original recordings of Tom Stoppard’s radio plays for the first time to mark the playwright’s 75th birthday

Sir Tom Stoppard, the eminent playwright and scriptwriter, will celebrate his 75th birthday on 3 July this year. To mark the occasion The British Library is publishing a 5CD set entitled Tom Stoppard: Radio Plays, containing the original BBC broadcasts of four of his plays written specifically for radio: Albert's Bridge, Artist Descending A Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died and In The Native State. The recordings are being released under license from the BBC and, with the exception of The Dog It Was That Died, this is the first time they have been made commercially available