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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stoppard, Tom.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hamlet--Drama.
Hamlet.
Denmark--Politics and government--1448-1660--Drama.
Denmark.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
London : Faber, 2000.
Summary:
First staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966, 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead' is an absurdist, existentialist tragicomedy which expands the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The action of Stoppard's play takes place mainly 'in the wings' of Shakespeare's, with brief appearances of major characters from 'Hamlet' who enact fragments of the original's scenes. Between these episodes the two protagonists voice their confusion at the progress of events of which - occurring onstage without them in 'Hamlet' - they have no direct knowledge.
Notes:
Originally published: 1967.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780571289844
0571289843
9780571301096
0571301096
OCLC:
879714252

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