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Stoppard

Stoppard

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A British writer of plays known for clever and thoughtful work like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  • proper noun
  • /ˈstɑːpərd/
: Tom Stoppard
  • Stoppard entangles spycraft not only in physics but also in love.

There's another observation on that which which Tom Stoppard wrote in his play The Hard Problem about the the consciousness problem.

Examples

  • I know Keira Knightley is the woman for the job, and screenwriter Tom Stoppard is one of the best writers in the English language!

    Blog text (27)
  • I am also directing the fall production: Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (using the adaptation by Tom Stoppard).

    Blog text (31)
  • "It's a very funny modern play by Tom Stoppard." "Well, okay."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • This is not a debate, Stoppard.

  • Stoppard is a wicked man, and I should very much like to see his play.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I had a beautiful, beautiful script from Tom Stoppard, which was told in a naturalistic form.

    Blog text (29)
  • Tom Stoppard presents the humanist half of the Two Cultures even more bleakly.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Stoppard with "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" (1966), an overnight success which now has classic status.

    Blog text (30)
  • Levin's storyline (which has a considerably happier ending than Anna's) has, by necessity, been trimmed down in Stoppard's adaptation, although thankfully not eliminated entirely.

    Blog text (5)
  • Zukerman: For decades, Tom Stoppard has been thought of as one of England's greatest playwrights.

Synonyms

Tom Stoppard
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A British writer of plays and film scripts

focuses on reputation for witty intellectual plays rather than biographical detail

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Stoppard is a family name and here it refers to the British playwright Tom Stoppard. Last names often come from old jobs, places, or nicknames, so Stoppard acts like a label that tells you which person we mean.