I heard it meant "Golden stat" Stern means star in German.
He accuses Guildenstern of playing him like a recorder.
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.
"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.
The royal couple are, in effect, recruiting Hamlet's old friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on him for them.
rosencrantz and guildenstern
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern. Personal note: I have met the actor who played one of these roles in the original stage production.
P. H. Parry has written: ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead' Tom Stoppard' 'Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead'
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz both die by the hand of England due to the mix up of letters by Hamlet. Ironically Hamlet was suppose to be behead; however, because Guildenstern and Rosencrantz bring the letters written by Claudius to England they ended up giving the letters rewritten by hamlet that lead to their beheadenment.
There is no specific meaning as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern explores so many different views. If you wanted a definitive meaning I guess it would be to demonstrate the absurdity of life.
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'.