1. Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.

2. The play contains a number of typical Stoppard set pieces.

3. The film is adapted by Tom Stoppard from the novel by Nabokov.

4. Turning the original classic topsy-turvy, Stoppard makes Hamlet himself take a back seat and elevates two minor characters to star status.

5. Mr Stoppard 's characters are strangers in today's Russia.

6. The contemporary British playwright Tom Stoppard has already been the focus of the critics in the field of theatre for the special style of his works.

7. English drama has enjoyed a rebirth since the 1950s with writers like John Osborne, Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.

8. No problem is insoluble , give a big enough plastic bag . - Tom Stoppard.

9. Maturity is a high price to pay for grow up. ---Tom Stoppard, Where Are they Now?