Obituary: the dazzling, clever playwright who became an adjective
Otago Daily Times Online News [Unofficial]
February 15, 2026
Tom Stoppard attends An Evening with Joe Wright at The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City in 2012. Photos: Getty Images
SIR TOM STOPPARD
Playwright
"What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Sir Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph.
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