Familiar characters from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" make an appearance in Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
Their purpose: to deliver Hamlet’s fate through a letter embossed with the King’s wax seal, though they unknowingly are destined for an even more chilling and inescapable ending. The titular characters have been summoned to Denmark by the King and meet a ragtag group of players along the way. Playwright Tom Stoppard structured the play as the inverse of "Hamlet," in which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the focus and Hamlet plays a minor role.Īs a contrast to the cold and dark set of “Hamlet,” this play is set in the wilderness and is surrounded by warm and earthy tones.
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