{"product_id":"rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead-9780802126214","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anniversary of the play's first performance, this definitive edition includes a new introduction and previously unpublished ancillary material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of such seminal works as \u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJumpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e. His screen credits include \u003ci\u003eParade's End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnigma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593378173202,"sku":"9780802126214","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7881262-2919-4fea-9d8a-7093746a21bd.jpg?v=1732115973","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead-9780802126214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}