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Stoppard

[ stop-erd ]
/ ˈstɒp ərd /

noun

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

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Stoppard
/ (ˈstɒpɑːd) /

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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