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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Paperback)

by Tom Stoppard (Author)
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  • Paperback: 118 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New impression edition (1 Jan 1973)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571081827
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571081820
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Two minor characters from "Hamlet" offer a novel view of the melancholy Dane.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Background is important..., 18 Feb 2007
If you know your HAMLET and you know your WAITING FOR GODOT, this will be one of the most engaging pieces of theatre you have ever seen or read. It is simply a sensational bit of writing: funny, erudite, challenging, obtuse etc etc. If however you dont know those two other texts, then you're in trouble. As I was, the first time I saw this.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rosencrantz And Guildernstern Are Alive, 1 April 2003
By J. J. O'neill "rotgut" (Warrington UK) - See all my reviews
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This play is often compared to "Waiting For Godot", most unfairly in my view, as Stoppard's early masterpiece is, above all else, brilliantly funny. Not in the way of an ironic, navel-gazing comedy about the horror of life, but in the way that makes the audience laugh out loud with genuine laughter.

Actually, of course, it IS about the horror of life, and of modern life at that, many of the greatest comedies have a tragic undercurrent, think of Sir Toby's "Chimes at midnight" speech giving texture and shadow to the sunny japes of "Twelfth Night", or of Woody Allen's best films, hovering over the line of comedy and neurotic bathos ("The Purple Rose of Cairo"..."Radio Days".)

Here, the early speech about a man who sees a unicorn sets a tone of lonely wistfulness that the blatant failures of the protagonists to match up to the epic events unfolding around them, obvious even to the duo themselves, continues throughout the play.

An odd effect of seeing only snippets of "Hamlet" is to make that work seem a real action packed epic. In reality, perhaps, "Hamlet" itself is very similar to "Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead", the heroes of both prove in the end, despite endless talking and dithering, indecisive and inadequate.

Stoppard's work is an updating of Shakespeare's, and a comment on the modern world, in that his heroes are not given the redeeming power of poetry. For them, the unicorn is always a deer...with an arrow in its head....

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fab! Fab! Fab!, 21 Mar 2002
It's funny, it's thought provoking, and it's so much fun to read. Probably more enjoyable if you're familiar with Shakespeare's Hamlet. And definitely a must if you enjoyed Beckett's Waiting for Godot, or Sartre's In Camera, as Stoppard takes the existential slant of a play within a play.

Don't just read it - GO AND SEE IT! A definite treat!

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5.0 out of 5 stars At times, almost, the Fool.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead is an intriguing exercise in the theatre of the absurd. It is comic, touchingly focussed on the two characters (although we can assume they... Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. G. Cook

1.0 out of 5 stars The most boring play I have read
My first reaction to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead was a yawn. After the power of Empire of the Sun and the sheer brilliance of Hamlet (both of which I had just read for... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars We're actors! We're the opposite of people!
I am playing the part of The Player in the school production of R+G, and am absolutely loving this play - funny, clever and with an easy introduction to Hamlet. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2004 by V. Thompsett

2.0 out of 5 stars A souffle - all air, no substance
Often compared with 'Waiting for Godot,'a play which it self-consciously uses as a template, this has none of the profundity or resonance of Beckett. Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2004 by ocfc

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Stoppard's finest moments
A fantastic play, displaying Stopppard's talents to the most, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead takes two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet and shows their activities... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent thought provoking comedy!!
I love this play!! The humour is quite absurd but actually seems to be fitting into today's style of comedy more and more. It reminds me very much of comedy series' today. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2000

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