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New York TimesROSENCRANTZ  \n&GUILDENSTERNARE DEADAPLAY BYTOM STOPPARD  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nBefore the London production of Rosencrantz andGuildenstern Are Dead,Tom Stoppard was a re-porter and drama critic for a Bristol newspaper.Theplay's first performance was by the Oxford TheatreGroup as part of the “fringe”at the EdinburghFestival in August,1966.The London opening ofthe play in April,1967,was under the auspices ofthe National Theatre of Great Britain,and cata-pulted Mr.Stoppard into the front ranks of modernBritish playwrights.In a poll of London theatercritics,the play won all top honors for a play andplaywright.After a run of many months in London,the play opened in New York,to the same acclaimfrom the New York critics.  \nMr.Stoppard is at present writing full-time,andhas completed two more full-length plays,The RealInspector Hound,and Enter a Free Man,and sev-eral plays for television.He is 29 years old,married,and the father of a young son.          \n\"The season's dramatic triumph[which]places TomStoppard at one jump high among current play-wrights...it is at once comic,moving and power-ful.\"-Richard Watts,Jr.,New York Post  \n\"I must say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern AreDead consists of some of the bravest,most vivaciouswriting the theater has tendered in recent years.\"  \n-Albert Bermel,The New Leader  \nRosencrantz&Guildenstern Are Dead  \nRosencrantzGuildensternAreDead  \n&  \nby Tom Stoppard  \nConsulting editor:Henry Popkin  \nGrove Press,Inc.New York  \nThe first professional production was given on April 11,1967at the Old Vic Theatre,London,by the National Theatre Com-pany.The cast was as follows:  \nROSENCRANTZJohn Stride  \nGUILDENSTERNEdward Petherbridge  \nTHE PLAYERGraham Crowden  \nALFREDAlan Adams  \nTRAGEDIANSOliver Cotton,Neil FitzpatrickLuke Hardy,Roger KempHAMLETJohn McEnery  \nOPHELIACaroline John  \nCLAUDIUSKenneth Mackintosh  \nGERTRUDEMary Griffiths  \nPeter CellierPOLONIUS  \nHORATIODavid Hargreaves  \nDavid 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