Over 40 years ago, Czech-born journalist-turned-playwright Tom Stoppard burst onto the world stage with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, his hommage to Samuel Beckett and the emptiness and impotence of his characters. Ever since, however, Stoppard has been stuffing his plays with heady ideas and dialectical notions, moving from nothingness to cerebral overload. He … [Read more...]