num_pages: 126
description: Hamlet told from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, reality and illusion mix, and where fate leads heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
language: English
title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
titlecomplete: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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: 88228
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Grove Press