description: Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz and 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: the film
titlecomplete: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: the film
characters: Horatio, Polonius, Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, King of Denmark, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Laertes
genres: Read For School, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 88234
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Faber