Stoppard

[stop-erd]

noun

TomThomas Straussler, born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.

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At 73, Stoppard is intense and charming—and now he pauses to reconsider what he's just said.
The Past Is Present in Arcadia
Janice Kaplan
March 16, 2011
During preview performances for the Broadway production, Stoppard sat in the audience taking notes.
The Past Is Present in Arcadia
Janice Kaplan
March 16, 2011
A thoughtful purveyor of intellectual ideas, Stoppard also cares about a mass audience.
The Past Is Present in Arcadia
Janice Kaplan
March 16, 2011
"A lot of it has to do with entertaining an audience," says Stoppard.
The Past Is Present in Arcadia
Janice Kaplan
March 16, 2011
"It's an intellectual abstraction that we are running out of time and living in a doomed universe," says Stoppard.
The Past Is Present in Arcadia
Janice Kaplan
March 16, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for stoppard

Stoppard

noun

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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