by Tom Stoppard · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571081820
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«Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead» is Tom Stoppard's play, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (128 pages, in English).
The play follows Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters from Hamlet, as they wait backstage for Shakespeare's tragedy to unfold without understanding their role. Stoppard combines black humor, dizzying dialogue and identity games in an existentialist farce that reflects on chance, death and lack of control.
The play premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 1966 and the 1967 National Theatre production consolidated Tom Stoppard's reputation.
For readers interested in contemporary theater, Shakespeare's classics and absurd humor.
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.
