York Notes on "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard (York Notes)

by Suheil Bushrui, A. Norman Jeffares, S. Bushrui

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582023033
• ISBN13: 9780582023031
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Longman
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.1" x 5.7"