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Batona said on Apr 1, 2007 | 1 feedback
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Greg Sung said on Sep 6, 2005 | Add your feedback
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"Rosencrantz and Guilderstern 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. The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard's reputation virtually overnight. Its wit, st ... (continue)
Sarie said on Jan 4, 2011 | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Paperback 128 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0802132758
- ISBN-13: 9780802132758
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Pub date: Jan 21, 1994
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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Stoppard's version of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. What a riot. This book/play is the source that had me come out of my shell as a senior in high school. Hamlet is not portrayed as well here as ol' Billy did. As we discussed Hamlet's role in Rosencrantz, I recall becoming frustrated with my teac ... (continue)
Stoppard's version of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. What a riot. This book/play is the source that had me come out of my shell as a senior in high school. Hamlet is not portrayed as well here as ol' Billy did. As we discussed Hamlet's role in Rosencrantz, I recall becoming frustrated with my teacher's insistence that Hamlet was a hero. Finally, I called out, "Hamlet is an asshole."
Shocked! I was asked to defend my comment, which I did and all was well. It taught me that an unpopular POV will be respected if defended.
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