Playwright Tom Stoppard is dead
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Stoppard, born Tomáš Sträussler, is also known for “Travesties” (1976), “The Real Thing” (1984), “The Coast of Utopia” (2007) and “Leopoldstadt” (2023), all of which won Tony Awards for Best Play.
Once in India, he and his brother attended an American international school, where he anglicized his name to Tom and later adopted his stepfather’s last name, Stoppard. As a family, they settled in Nottingham,