CZECHOSLOVAKIA, the little country that is trying the difficult and perhaps impossible task of combining Communism with freedom, is continuing to stir up resentment and alarm in its Communist ...

News of the death of award-winning British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has touched many people in the Czech Republic deeply.

With a wrench, the mood of Czechoslovakia suddenly changed. Resuming operations, the official press, radio and television began to speak of the Russian invaders as “the visiting fraternal forces.” ...

The British playwright, who died late last month, was suspicious of big events and great men, focussing instead on minor characters ...