Sir Tom Stoppard is another of my favorite (or should I spell it “favourite?”) playwrights. I adore his wordplay, his puns, his theatricality. In a 1999 interview, Sir Tom summarised:
“I think theater ought to be theatrical … you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it’s — there’s always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You’re being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is.”
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