Stop ‧ pard, Sir Tom /ˈstɒpɑːd $ ˈstɑːpɑːrd/ BrE AmE
(1937–) a British writer of plays, born in the Czech Republic. He first became well-known for his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967) and has since written many other plays. He wrote the film Shakespeare in Love (1999), for which he won an Oscar.