Stoppard
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- proper noun
- /ˈstɑːpərd/
- Stoppard entangles spycraft not only in physics but also in love.
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I know Keira Knightley is the woman for the job, and screenwriter Tom Stoppard is one of the best writers in the English language!
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I am also directing the fall production: Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (using the adaptation by Tom Stoppard).
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"It's a very funny modern play by Tom Stoppard." "Well, okay."
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This is not a debate, Stoppard.
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Stoppard is a wicked man, and I should very much like to see his play.
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I had a beautiful, beautiful script from Tom Stoppard, which was told in a naturalistic form.
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Tom Stoppard presents the humanist half of the Two Cultures even more bleakly.
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Stoppard with "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" (1966), an overnight success which now has classic status.
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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.
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Zukerman: For decades, Tom Stoppard has been thought of as one of England's greatest playwrights.
Synonyms
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A British writer of plays and film scripts
Surface Forms
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.