Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, "Rosencrantz & 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 Shakespear
e'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 o
f "Waiting for Godot" resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fa
te leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
