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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.914
EAN num: 9780802132758
ISBN number: 0802132758
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: January 21, 1994
Publishing house: Grove Press
Sale Popularity Level: 7742
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Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' is the fabulously inventive tale of 'Hamlet' as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of 'Waiting for Godot' resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
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I gave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead only one star, because that's how I felt about this play when I very first saw it performed. At the time, I was just a kid who was unfamiliar with the story of Hamlet. To me it was boring, made no sense, and was not the least bit funny.
HOWEVER... If you love Hamlet and know the story well, you will love this play. Before making any hasty judgements on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, I strongly urge you to either read or watch Hamlet. Only then can you appreciate this play for what it is.
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Great piece of writing, especially since it borrows characters from the greatest playwright in English literature. Shakespeare's characters fare marginally better under Stoppard's pen, or possibly more so when you consider that the guys are DEAD!!!
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I read the book very first (I ALWAYS read the book first) and I was puzzled. Where was the wit? The Shakespearian sense of humour is certainly not always mine to say the least, but I'm not used to feeling as if I simply missed the boat entirely. I suppose my overall reaction would have to be a resounding "Hunh?" (Perhaps "Ho hunh!?")
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No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play.
This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and characters were used to overall convey themes about life and people's preposterousness. As one can see, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are precisely such characters, as is their plight.
It should be noted that this play is a much more valuable experience for the reader if he has read Shakespeare's Hamlet previously, as it is R&G that serve a purpose in the play. However, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead was not written to enforce the thematic points of Hamlet, I simply recommend it to give readers a different perspective. And it is a wonderfully funny perspective, at that.
It is a wonderful work. I highly recommend it for those who are not too fixated on trying to find a deeper meaning with Hamlet, because that simply is not the reason for this play's existence.
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Hard to believe all the good reviews here. This is a silly little book, with no story, no coherent dialog, and no meaning. Worst of all the jokes are not funny.
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