Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which, as itwere, takes place in the wings of Hamlet, and finds both humour andpoignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords. TheNational Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard’s reputationvirtually overnight. Its wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain asexhilarating as they were then and the play has become a contemporaryclassic.