“Eternity’s a terrible thought. I mean, where’s it going to end?” — Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, 1967
I have met Tom Stoppard twice. The first time was as a teenager when he came to address my school drama society. I can’t recall what he talked about, save that he was very funny, and I was surprised to hear him speak in a Czech accent that remained reasonably strong despite the decades he had spent living in Britain.
Read Full Article »