It is Tom Stoppard's very special skill as the master comedian of ideas in the modern theater to create brilliant, biting humor out of serious concerns. Virtual

British playwright Tom Stoppard in his own words

Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

Despite their box-office success, Tom Stoppard's plays have sometimes aroused academic hostility, his critics accusing Stoppard of cold intellectualism or frivo