LONDON — Tom Stoppard, one of Britain's best-known playwrights, has died at the age of 88. Below are some tributes and reactions.

King Charles and Queen Camilla

"A dear friend who wore his genius lightly, he could, and did, turn his pen to any subject, challenging, moving and inspiring his audiences, borne from his own personal history... Let us all take comfort in his immortal line: 'Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else'."