known as Tom Stoppard, was born on July 3, 1937 in Zlin, Czechoslovakia. The youngest son of a doctor for the Bata shoe company, he moved with his family to Singapore in 1939 to escape the dangers World War II. In 1942 Tom's father, Eugene Straussler was killed in the war. Tom and his remaining family were evacuated to India. Four years later, Tom's mother, Martha, married an officer in the British army, Kenneth Stoppard. Tomas took his new …showed first 75 words of 351 total…

…showed last 75 words of 351 total…for the London production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. It debuted on April 11, 1967 at the Old Vic. Divorced from Jose Ingle in 1972, Stoppard married Dr. Miriam Moore-Robinson. Stoppard has four sons- Oliver, Barnaby, William and Edmund. Since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was first debuted, Stoppard has writen several plays, scripts, and short stories which have all been moderately successful. He has recently come once again under limelight after his novel, Shakespeare in Love hit the big screen.