{"product_id":"rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-50th-anniversary-ed","title":"Rosencrantz \u0026 Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard- 50th Anniv. ed.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780802126214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003eDrama-Plays\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHamlet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eresound, 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anniversary of the play’s first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drama-Plays","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47038185537760,"sku":"Books:9780802126214n","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/715_OFd0S3L._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1740002968","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-50th-anniversary-ed","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}