Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Name: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Author: Tom Stoppard

by Tom Stoppard

Metatheatrical absurdist play reimagining Shakespeare's Hamlet from peripheral characters' perspective

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Tom Stoppard

Czech-born British playwright who brought dazzling intellectual wit and philosophical depth to the commercial stage. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead made him famous overnight at 29; Arcadia is considered his masterpiece. He combines ideas about time, thermodynamics, and art with impeccable comic timing.

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