Tom Stoppard

• Sir Tom Stoppard was born Tomás Straüssler on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia.

  The Real Inspector Hound (1968)

  Tom Stoppard is a deceptive dramatist.

  The key to his work, both formally and intellectually, lies in the idea of collision
  
  
  Stoppard's delight in the juxtaposition of, or collision between, two different worlds is a constant throughout his career.
  
  
  The Real Inspector Hound, two theatre-critics disappear from their own cosily ordered world into the chaotic mystery of a country-house thriller and, like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, end up dead.
  
  
  Tom Stoppard was knighted in 1997. He lives in London
  
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