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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 14m
Image: 2017 OId Vic Production (Tristram Kenton)
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Cast Size
2w, 14m -
Suggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
- UIL Approved
- Competition or Audition Material
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Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
- Winner! 1968 Tony Award for Best Play
Winner! 1968 NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
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Summary
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & 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.
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Media
“A stimulating, funny, imaginative comedy.” – The New York Daily News
“Very funny, very brilliant, very chilling; it has the dust of thought about it and the particles glitter excitingly in the theatrical air.” – The New York Times
Photos
Image: 2017 OId Vic Production (Tristram Kenton)
Licensing & Materials
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