Hamlet.
Hamlet's uncle was sending Hamlet to England to be killed and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were taking him there, but on the ship, Hamlet switched the orders with orders to kill them instead and got off the ship. They died in England.
Rosencrance and Gildenstern
"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.
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'.
It's called paraphrasing. Take a line that Rosencrantz says, then ask yourself, "What is he getting at? What does he mean?". You then take your answer and put those words into Rosencrantz's mouth.
they slap each other silly
In Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Ros and Guil have a difficult time remembering their own names. They know they are one of Rosencrantz or Guildenstern, but are not sure which. Viewers of Shakespeare's Hamlet often have a similar problem, as does King Claudius, although the characters themselves seem to be clear on the issue in the Shakespeare play.
It is an absurdist play about the nature of death: comic-ironic.
Fredrik Rosencrantz died in 1957.
Fredrik Rosencrantz was born in 1879.
Bernard Rosencrantz was born in 1902.
Bernard Rosencrantz died in 1935.