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Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet to discover the cause of his apparent madness
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hamlet's childhood friends. Claudius sends them to spy on Hamlet.
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The royal couple are, in effect, recruiting Hamlet's old friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on him for them.
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" is a play written by Tom Stoppard. It reimagines Shakespeare's "Hamlet" from the perspective of two minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The play explores themes of fate, free will, and the nature of reality.
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P. H. Parry has written: ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead' Tom Stoppard' 'Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead'
He says it is a prison.
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They are friends of Hamlet's from school.
Tom Shoppard wrote 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. It is a play that was first produced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. The play is drawn from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.