Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Gracie, January 21, 2011 (view all comments by Gracie)
I heard about this play years ago but was always reluctant to read it. Hamlet is my favorite play by Shakespeare, and I didn't want to see it mistreated in a derivative work. I needn't have worried. Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a brilliant play that in no way diminishes the play that inspired it. In fact, it's a complementary work.

Funny and snarky, with great insight and remarkable finesse, Stoppard really does have a masterpiece on his hands. I found myself snorting with laughter on the subway when reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's polemical games. They are both witty and obtuse, and the interchangeable gentlemen provide the reader with a refreshing new perspective on the Danish tragedy all the way up until their inevitable deaths. So much fun! I only wish that I'd read it sooner.

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uncle_loki, November 25, 2007 (view all comments by uncle_loki)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is absurdism at its best. It is much more witty and intelligent than something like Ubu Roi or Waiting For Godot. I know. I know. Waiting for Godot is the poster child for absurdist theater, but Stoppard is a master of words. His dialogue is acrobatic, full of puns and word plays and nonsensical banter that is, ironically, saturated with meaning. I recomend this very highly to anyone who enjoys plays and especially to those who enjoy absurdism.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780802132758

Author:

Stoppard, Tom

Publisher:

Grove/Atlantic

Editor:

Popkin, Henry

Author:

Popkin, Henry

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Drama

Subject:

English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Subject:

British and irish

Subject:

English drama

Subject:

British & Irish

Subject:

Drama-Women and Ethnic

Copyright:

c196

Edition Number:

Special ed.

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series:

Tom Stoppard

Series Volume:

E-438

Publication Date:

19940131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

128

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.38 in 4 oz