The original Thomasina was Emma Fielding, whom you may not have seen in anything else (unless you watched Diana Rigg in ‘Speedy Death’ – EF played Eleanor). I imagine she would have been quite good.

Also Sam West played Val and Harriet Walter Lady Croome (my copy of the play has the original cast listed).

Oh, it’s actually a verb. I invented it when we were talking baby talk to my parents’ puppy, because I wanted a more baby-talk-y word. It is a mixture of “cuddle” and “snuggle” and my younger sister and I now use it incessantly. Disgusting, I know.

JEALOUS. My friend tim saw it at Princeton, I think, when she was there, though I can’t remember what she thought about the production she saw. Every year I check the production schedule for my university, hoping they’ll be doing a Stoppard play, but so far they never have. Not even Rosencrantz & Guildenstern!

Oh my gosh, I’m so jealous right now! Was it good? Was it amazing? Did they get someone good for Thomasina?

I’ve never considered reading his plays though, as they are so tricksy with the wordplay.