Stoppard

American  

[stop-erd] / ˈstɒp ərd /

noun

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

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Stoppard British  

/ ˈstɒpɑːd /

noun

1. 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)

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"Sir Tom Stoppard gave the British theatre some of its most brilliant and best loved work, and he did it with a wit and a humanity that audiences carried home with them," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The Duke of York's theatre in London's West End is to be renamed after the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, says the theatre's owner.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Unlike “Shakespeare in Love,” the script doesn’t have Tom Stoppard punching up the dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The playwright Tom Stoppard was 88 when he died on Nov. 29, but the news came as a shock nonetheless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Chuck Stoppard asked from his bed, where he lay playing a video game.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley