{"product_id":"rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-2","title":"Rosencrantz \u0026 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\u003eis 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\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anniversary of the play's first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary material.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48648952742143,"sku":"*R0121834*","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/15968913482473_8e159795-b26b-46c8-893d-9a26164c2c37.jpg?v=1781022887","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-2","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}