Stoppard
Proper noun
Meaning
Stoppard
A surname.
Examples
When Harold Pinter was lobbying to have London's Comedy Theatre renamed the Pinter Theatre, Stoppard wrote back: "Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?"
Career Stoppard wrote short radio plays in 1953–54 and by 1960 he had completed his first stage play, A Walk on the Water, which was later re-titled Enter a Free Man (1968).
On 11 April 1967 – following acclaim at the 1966 Edinburgh Festival – the opening of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in a National Theatre production at the Old Vic made Stoppard an overnight success.
Reception Upon its release, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead achieved critical acclamation and became a massive success, making Stoppard renowned practically overnight.
British playwright Tom Stoppard wrote Every Good Boy Deserves Favour about the relationship between a patient and his doctor in one of these hospitals.
Motifs and ideas ;Absurdity: Stoppard emphasizes the randomness of the world.