And I keep hearing from the cellar bin/The rumbling sound/Of load on load of apples coming in.

Something I don’t think we, as readers, think about when reading “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is the significance of the title. We all assume that the play is simply “Hamlet” from the point of view of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. But what if Stoppard wrote the play with the idea that everyone in the play [...]

What to say about “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.” Well, I’d first commend Tom Stoppard for coming up with the idea for the play–it’s quite original in thought (and deed). Second, I’d like to point out the dismay I met when I read the back cover and realized my comparison of the play to “Waiting [...]