Stoppard

[ stop-erd ]

noun

1. Tom Thomas Straussler, born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.

Stoppard

/ ˈstɒpɑːd /

noun

1. StoppardSir Tom1937MBritishCzechWRITING: playwright Sir Tom, original name Thomas Straussler born 1937, British playwright, born in Czechoslovakia: his works include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967), Travesties (1974), Hapgood (1988), The Invention of Love (1997), and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia (2002)

Example Sentences

Stoppard’s professor may have been misled by David Hume’s famous argument that “reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”

From Nautilus

But there was also curly-haired Queen guitarist Brian May and playwright Tom Stoppard.

From The Daily Beast

Both volumes feature interviews with everyone from Roman Polanski to Tom Stoppard to Beth Ditto.

From The Daily Beast

At 73, Stoppard is intense and charming—and now he pauses to reconsider what he's just said.

From The Daily Beast

During preview performances for the Broadway production, Stoppard sat in the audience taking notes.

From The Daily Beast

"It still surprises me how many Bernards there can be," Stoppard says.

From The Daily Beast