| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Stoppard, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802126219 ISBN-13: 9780802126214 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 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 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. 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anniversary of the play's first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary material. |