Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Name:	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Tom Stoppard
Date(s):	1966, 1990
Medium:	Play, movie
Country of Origin:	Scotland
External Links:	Wikipedia
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play by Tom Stoppard. It follows two minor characters from Hamlet – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – and the absurd situations they find themselves in during the main plot of Hamlet.

The play was made into a movie in 1990 and starred Gary Oldman and Tim Roth.

Discussions of the Work as FanFiction

• "An Improbable Fiction": How Fans Rewrite Shakespeare (academic but readable paper)
• Is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead basically Hamlet fanfiction? on Reddit
• Episode 51: Hamlet - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead podcast on Retro Fanfic Retrospective
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Slashy on LiveJournal
• Is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Fan Fiction? (blog entry)

Characters

• Major characters:
  • Rosencrantz
  • Guildenstern

• Minor characters:
  • Hamlet
  • Claudius
  • Gertrude
  • Polonius
  • Ophelia
  • Laertes
  • Horatio
  • The Player and his troupe of tragedians
  • Fortinbras

Fanworks

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the AO3
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Fanfiction.net

Links & Resources

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (play) on Wikipedia
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (film) on Wikipedia