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Rosencratz and Guildenstern are dead (original 1967; edition 2004)

by Tom Stoppard

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (1967)

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    Hamlet by William Shakespeare (guyalice, kxlly)
    guyalice: Reasons should be obvious
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    Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (guyalice)
    guyalice: Stoppard's play's been called "Waiting for Hamlet," as both are existentialist plays featuring a pair of clueless (yet tragic) idiots.
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    The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presentsThe Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by William Shakespeare (meggyweg)
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"Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tales of Hamlet as told from the worm's eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. . . "
  DeeMee | May 20, 2013 |
This informed my childhood far more than I should really admit. But I am a champion at playing questions, although perhaps not delving. ( )
  cricketbats | Apr 18, 2013 |
I am looking forward to reading Stoppard's play. The film adaptation of the play is one of my favourite films.

The play was equally enjoyable to the film. There are, of course, some slight differences between the two, but the play is an amazing work that employs an nuanced use of the English language.

I have not read a play in years and I truly enjoyed spending time with the written play. ( )
  BookishJoJo | Apr 10, 2013 |
Well, this was fun. I liked the part with the unicorns!

I should probably have saved this for my dimly-planned re-read of Hamlet. For that matter, I should have re-read Hamlet six months ago before I tackled Infinite Jest. ( )
  AlCracka | Apr 2, 2013 |
Incredibly hilarious and 'meta' look at plays. The titular characters are very witty and their interactions in view of the rest of the play are very interesting to think about. Good fun. ( )
  HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 |
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Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.

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Two minor characters from "Hamlet" offer a novel view of the melancholy Dane.

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