Film
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.
Overview
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.
Cast
- Gary OldmanRosencrantz
- Tim RothGuildenstern
- Richard DreyfussThe Player
- Iain GlenHamlet
- Ian RichardsonPolonius
- Donald SumpterClaudius
- Joanna MilesGertrude
- Joanna RothOphelia
