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July 9, 2011
Martin Meisel is the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature at Columbia University.
The plays of Tom Stoppard have gained a reputation for verbal pyrotechnics, ambitious themes and the use of comedy to explore serious topics. Many feel his work will endure as a major achievement of both literature and theater. Martin Meisel explains why.