
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead
About this book
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eve 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.
Subjects
English dramaMotion picture playsRosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (Motion picture)DramaHamlet (Legendary character)Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12ExistentialismBritish and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)Hamlet (Legendary character) -- DramaExistentialism -- DramaPolitics and governmentDenmark -- Politics and government -- 1448-1660 -- DramaDenmarkTheater programsSpecimensḤan ha-Yerushalmi (Theater)Drama (dramatic works by one author)