{"product_id":"rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead","title":"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new, beautiful updated edition of Tom Stoppard's best-loved play and one of Grove Atlantic's bestselling backlist titles, published with a new introduction by Tom Stoppard to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its debut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most enduring and frequently performed plays of contemporary theater and has firmly established itself in the dramatic canon. Acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it is the fabulously inventive tale of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare'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 of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end. Revised and reissued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the play's first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary material.\r","brand":"Tom Stoppard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440337711340,"sku":"9780802126214","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780802126214.jpg?v=1719901305","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}