Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
9-9-2017
Department 1
English
Abstract
50 years on, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead continues to captivate and to entertain audiences with its darkly comic examination of existential themes of life, death, and indecision drawn from the pages, situations, and characters of Hamlet. First produced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966, the play opened at the Old Vic in London in 1967, and has been reprised there this season to rave reviews, with none other than Harry Potter in a leading role.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Fee, Christopher R., "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Died Today. Or, Maybe, Yesterday; I Can't Be Sure..." (2017). English Faculty Publications. 80.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/engfac/80
Comments
Presented as a pre-show talk prior to the screening of "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" for the 2017 National Theatre Live Festival.