Following in the footsteps of Matthew,
William Shakespeare offers no differentiation between
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in his play, Hamlet.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in his play, Hamlet.
The two appear always together, never separately,
and are thus treated by Shakespeare as a single entity.
Using this oversight
as the basis for a screenplay,
as the basis for a screenplay,
the great Tom Stoppard gives us
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,
a delightfully funny and cerebral movie in which all of
Hamlet happens “off-stage” as we follow the minor
characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
two self-aware fictional characters that spring
into extistence in the mind of William Shakespeare
but who never seem to be quite able
to determine which one is who…
thus causing them to be troubled
by doubts about the nature of reality.
Hamlet happens “off-stage” as we follow the minor
characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
two self-aware fictional characters that spring
into extistence in the mind of William Shakespeare
but who never seem to be quite able
to determine which one is who…
thus causing them to be troubled
by doubts about the nature of reality.