Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. He also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love. He's pictured above in London in 2017.'/>

The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.

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