Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead 1967
- English drama, Motion picture plays, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (Motion picture), Drama
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.
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Contemplative, prestige, intimate and meticulous.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Tom Stoppard, Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, Bernhard Reitz
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 125
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Teʼaṭron ha-Ḥan, Grove Press, Inc.
- Editions
- 55
- Language
- German, heb, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780571333721
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“TWO ELIZABETHANS passing the time in a place without any visible character.”
Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Sträussler) was a Czech and English playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard was a playwright of the National Theatre; one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation; and critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.
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