Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead -- Tom Stoppard

<i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i> is one of the most enduring and frequently performed plays of contemporary theater and has firmly established itself in the dramatic canon. Acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it is the fabulously inventive tale of <i>Hamlet</i> 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 <i>Waiting for Godot</i> resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end. Revised and reissued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the play's first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary material.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Tom Stoppard<br><b>Publisher:</b> Grove Press<br><b>Published:</b> 04/11/2017<br><b>Pages:</b> 128<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.30lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780802126214<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Tom Stoppard</b> is the author of such seminal works as <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i>, <i>Jumpers</i>, <i>The Real Thing</i>, <i>Arcadia</i>, <i>The Invention of Love</i>, and the trilogy <i>The Coast of Utopia</i>. His screen credits include <i>Parade's End</i>, <i>Shakespeare in Love</i>, <i>Enigma</i>, <i>Empire