Tom Stoppard Named One of World's Most Influential People

Playbill News: "Ethan Hawke, who starred in Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia trilogy, penned a brief note about the playwright for the weekly magazine. Hawke writes, 'I remember when I was younger being intimidated by the intellect, scope and verbiage of his plays; they were impressive but written for some elite group to which I had not been given membership. But I came to find that more often than not, the audience left the theater impressed with themselves. He'd challenged them, and they'd answered.'"