Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

134 Pages·2007·1.19 MB·English

by  Tom Stoppard

TOM STOPPARD was catapulted into the front ranks of modern playwrights
overnight when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened in London in
1967. Its subsequent run in New York brought it the same enthusiastic acclaim,
and the play has since been performed numerous times in the major theatrical
centers of the world. It has won top honors for a play and playwright in a poll of
London Theater critics, and in its printed form it was chosen one of the "Notable
Books of 1967" by the American Library Association.
"Stoppard is the master comedian of ideas in the English language; Jack Kroll
said about him in Newsweek. Each of his stage works has confirmed this view.
Theatergoers have been able to admire his wit and thrill to his command of the
English language in jumpers, The Real Inspector Hound, Travesties, Enter A
Free Man, After Magritte, and Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land. He is also the
author of the novel Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are
Dead
WORKS BY TOM STOPPARD PUBLISHED BY GROVE PRESS
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul
Jumpers
The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Travesties
The Invention of Love
by Tom Stoppard
Consulting editor: Henry Popkin
The first performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was given in
a slightly shortened form on August 24, 1966 at Cranston Street Hall,
Edinburgh, by the Oxford Theatre Group as part of the "fringe" of the Edinburgh
Festival. The cast was as follows:
Directed by Brian Daubney
The first professional production was given on April 11, 1967 at the Old Vic
Theatre, London, by the National Theatre Company. The cast was as follows:
COURT AND ATTENDANTS
Petronella Barker, Margo Cunningham, Kay Gallie, David Belcher,
Reginald Green, William Hobbs, Lennard Pearce, Ron Pember, Frederick
Pyne
Directed by Derek Goldby
Designed by Desmond Heeley
The New York premiere of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was
given on October 16, 1967 at the Alvin Theatre. The cast was as follows:
COURTIERS, AMBASSADORS, SOLDIERS, AND ATTENDANTS
Walter Beery, Stephen Bernstein, Gaetano Bon Giovanni, Margaret
Braidwood, Esther Buffler, Alexander Courtney, Elizabeth Eis, Elizabeth
Franz, William Grannell, John Handy, Mary Hara, Carl Jacobs, Ed
Marshall, Ted Pezzulo, Jonathan Reynolds
Directed by Derek Goldby
Designed by Desmond Heeley
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are
Dead