num_pages: 94
description: Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz &amp; 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.
language: English
title: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - A Play
titlecomplete: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - A Play
characters: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius, Horatio, Ophelia, Hamlet, Claudius, King of Denmark, Laertes, Gertrude
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Drama, School, Humor, Literature, Read For School, Classics, High School
ratings_count: 88235
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Samuel French