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DEAD\n\nbyTOM STOPPARD  \nA brilliant exploitation of what Irving Wardle writing in NewSociety has called 'Shakespeare as folklore',this is probablythe first play in theatrical history with a pair of attendantlords in the lead.The ‘fringe'success of the 1966 EdinburghFestival,it immediately attracted the attention of manage-ments both in Britain and on the Continent,and in April 1967was staged by the National Theatre Company.  \n'Like Love's Labour's Lost it is an erudite comedy,punning,far-fetched,leaping from depth to dizziness.It's the mostbrilliant début by a young playwright since John Arden's.'Ronald Bryden in the Observer  \n'This play should be seen...for it is unique.'Harold Hobsonin the Sunday Times  \n50P  \nFA BERpaper coveredEDITIONS  \n1.9 ④  \nROSENCRANTZAND GUILDENSTERNARE DEAD  \nby the same author  \nTHE REAL INSPECTOR HoUND  \nALBERT's BRIDGE and IF You'RE GLAD I'LL BE FRANKALBERT's BRIDGEENTER A FREE MANAFTER MAGRITTEJUMPERS  \nRosencrantz  \n# and Guildensternare Dead\n\nbyTOM STOPPARD  \nFABER AND FABER3 Queen SquareLondon  \nISBN O 571081827(Faber Paper Covered Edition)ISBNO 571081096(Hard Bound Edition)  \nAll professional inquiries in regard to this play shallbe addressed to Fraser &Dunlop(Scripts)Ltd,91 Regent Street London W1  \n1967 by Tom Stoppard  \ncONDITIONS OF SALE  \nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way oftrade orotherwise,be lent,re-sold,hired out or otherwise circulated without thepublisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that inwhich it is published and without a similar condition including this conditionbeing imposed on the subsequent purchaser  \nThe first performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadwas given in a slightly shortened form on 24th August 1966 atCranston Street Hall,Edinburgh,by the Oxford Theatre Groupas part of the “fringe”of the Edinburgh Festival.The cast was asfollows:  \nROSENCRANTZDavid Marks  \nGUILDENSTERNClive Cable  \nTHE PLAYERJules Roach  \nTRAGEDIANSRon Forfar,Nic Renton,  \nHoward DaubneyHAMLETJohn DodgsonOPHELIAJanet Watts  \nCLAUDIUSNick Elliot  \nGERTRUDEFrances Morrow  \nPOLONIUSWalter Merricks  \nDirected by Brian Daubney  \nThe first professional production was given on 11th April1967 at the Old Vic Theatre,London,by the National TheatreCompany.The cast was as follows:  \nROSENCRANTZJohn Stride  \nGUILDENSTERNEdward Petherbridge  \nTHE PLAYERGraham Crowden  \nALFREDAlan Adams  \nTRAGEDIANSOliver Cotton,Neil Fitzpatrick,  \nLuke Hardy,Roger KempHAMLETJohn McEnery  \nOPHELIACaroline John  \nCLAUDIUSKenneth Mackintosh  \nGERTRUDEMary Griffiths  \nPOLONIUSPeter Cellier  \nHORATIODavid Hargreaves  \nFORTINBRASDavid Bailie1ST AMBASSADORDavid Ryall  \nCOURTIERS ANDDavid Bailie,Petronella Barker,  \nATTENDANTSDavid Belcher,Margo Cunning-  \nham,Denis de Marne,KayGallie,Reginald Green,DavidHargreaves,William Hobbs,Richard Kay,Lee Menzies,Lennard Pearce,Ron Pember,Frederick Pyne,Maggie Riley,David Ryall,ChristopherTimothyDirected by Derek GoldbyDesigned by Desmond Heeley  \nACT ONE  \nTwo ELIZABETHANS passing the time in a place without any visiblecharacter.  \nThey are well dressed—hats,cloaks,sticks and all.  \nEach of them has a large leather money bag.GUILDENSTERN's bag is nearly empty.  \nROSENCRANTZ's bag is nearly full.  \nThe reason being:they are betting on the toss of a coin,in thefollowing manner:GUILDENSTERN(hereafter‘GUIL')takes a coin outof his bag,spins it,letting it fall.ROSENCRANTZ(hereafter 'ROS')studies it,announces it as “heads”(as it happens)and puts it intohis own bag.Then they repeat the process.They have apparentlybeen doing this for some time.  \nThe run of\"heads\"is impossible,yet RoS betrays no surprise atall—he feels none.However,he is nice enough to feel a little em-barrassed at taking so much money off his friend.Let that be hischaracter note.  \nGUIL is well alive to the oddity of it.He is not worried about 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