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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

By Tom Stoppard

‘Vibrancy and pace...great theatre’ Oxford Times

Full of dazzling wordplay and theatrical invention, Stoppard’s comic masterpiece reveals surprising new twists on Shakespeare’s most famous play.

Hamlet wrestles with his demons, while his two sidekicks take centre stage. Full of dazzling wordplay and theatrical invention, Stoppard’s comic masterpiece reveals surprising new twists on Shakespeare’s most famous play.

Tom Stoppard is one of Britain’s greatest playwrights. His brilliant debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, launched an award-winning writing career that has included the plays Jumpers, Travesties, Arcadia and The Invention of Love as well as the screenplays for Empire of the Sun and Shakespeare in Love.

Dates

Oxford Playhouse

20 - 28 May 2005

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

31 May - 4 Jun 2005

Malvern Theatres

7 - 11 Jun 2005

The Lowry

14 - 18 Jun 2005

Belgrade Theatre

21 - 25 Jun 2005

Greenwich Theatre

28 Jun - 2 Jul 2005

Bristol Old Vic

5 - 9 Jul 2005

Richmond Theatre

12 - 16 Jul 2005

Cambridge Arts Theatre

19 - 23 Jul 2005

Creative Team

Director

Stephen Unwin

Designer

Michael Vale

Costume Designer

Mark Bouman

Lighting Designer

Ben Ormerod

Original Music

Olly Fox

Cast

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Rosencrantz

Nicholas Rowe
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Guildernstern

Rhys Meredith
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The Player

James Faulkner
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Players

Ed Browing
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Players

Grant Gillespie
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Players

Richard Hansell
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Players

Edmund Kingsley
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Players

Charlie Roe
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Players

Leon Tanner

Players

Ross Waiton