January 2012
3 posts
A few salient tidbits on Tom Stoppard, up to 1993
(or, What you should know, if “Stoppard in an Hour” is just too long).
Born: July 3, 1937 (Born Tomas Straussler) in Ziln, Czechoslovakia.
Parents: Martha and Eugene Straussler.
Jewish Family, fled Eastern Europe in 1939.
Moved to a British sector of Singapore, fled with Mother as Japanese forces invaded in 1941 to Darjeeling, India. Father stayed behind to fight, was captured...
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