Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition S.) (An Evergreen book)

by Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which, as it were, takes place in the wings of Hamlet, and finds both humour and poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords.

The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard's reputation virtually overnight. Its wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were then and the play has become a contemporary classic.

Reviewed by bettyehollands on

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Just, eh. I know a lot of people love it but I don't see what's to great about it. Maybe I read it too quickly or didn't dig deep enough but this book just didn't really do it for me. It's short enough that I didn't feel like I wasted my time reading it though. I did however recently see a short bit of the film adaption in which R&G are flipping a coin and enjoyed it quite thoroughly (the class that day was on randomization and probability) so perhaps I should revisit it now that I'm a bit older.

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