Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which, as it were, takes place in the wings of Hamlet, and finds both humour and poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords. Influenced by Waiting for Godot and influencing Withnail and I and Groundhog Day, the plays wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were when it was first produced, and the play has become a contemporary classic with actors from Gary Oldman to Daniel Radcliffe taking on the central roles.