... images and thoughts") as being the "intergral" of his own work. Meaning that Stoppard's play ("R & G are dead") is in fact derived from Shakespear's play "Hamlet". In which case in this interview Stoppard confirms that "R & G are dead" can hold up as a play in it own right, however in order to understand ... the madman who keeps appearing on stage? Actually, the play has less to do with Hamlet than it does with life, death and one's place in the universe. Stoppard takes the two least important characters in Hamlet and shows the play from their point of view -- their confusion, their bewil...

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... they work in our minds. Repeating things or making a suggestion that things will never change no matter what is also talking absurdly. With this going on throughout everyday of our life, it would be crazy to watch people perform or write about it. Think of how stupid you feel when you do it or see it. What would people think about ... things not changing is the fact before they read the letter sentencing Hamlet to death. "IN their afterlife in Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern seem to suspect what everyone who has Hamlet knows: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are doomed- (Schlue...

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