Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Summary: "This is a most remarkable and thrilling play. In one bound Mr. Stoppard is asking to be considered as among the finest English-speaking writers of our stage, for this is a work of fascinating distinction....Very funny, very brilliant, very chilling; it has the dust of thought about it and the particles glitter excitingly in the theatrical air. Mr. Stoppard is not only paraphrasing Hamlet, but also throwing in a para...phrase of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' for good measure." [read more]