Rosencrantz ("rosary") and Gyldenstjerne/Gyllenstierna ("golden star") were names of Danish (and Swedish) noble families of the 16th century; records of the Danish royal coronation of 1596 show that one tenth of the aristocrats participating bore one or the other name. James Voelkel suggests that the characters were named after Frederick Rosenkrantz and Knud Gyldenstierne, cousins of Tycho Brahe who had visited England in 1592.
Shakespeare's Hamlet
The majority of characters in Hamlet have classical names, in contrast to the "particularly Danish" ones of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The names were common in the court of Frederick II and Christian IV, and also at the University of Wittenberg, an institution where Hamlet is mentioned as having studied (he refers to them as "my two schoolfellows").
Gilbert's play first appeared in Fun magazine in 1874 after having been rejected for production by several theatre companies. The first performance of the work was not until June 1891, a benefit matinée at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. The play finally ran at the Court Theatre from 27 April 1892 to 15 July, about 77 performances, with Decima Moore as Ophelia, Brandon Thomas as Claudius and Weedon Grossmith as Hamlet. An amateur performance in 1900 featured P. G. Wodehouse as Guildenstern. The play also enjoyed a production in New York City at the Murray Hill Theatre in 1900. A charity performance in 1902 featured Gilbert himself as Claudius, with Nancy McIntosh as Gertrude. Gilbert again played Claudius at a charity performance in 1904 at the Garrick Theatre, and in a 1908 revival at the Lyceum Theatre starring Marion Terry.
The Durham Savoyards proudly present Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert!
Claudius - Kurt Benrud
Gertrude - Ada Brown
Rosencrantz - Pam Guidry-Vollers
Guildenstern - Saki Marie
Hamlet - Mason Harvey
Ophelia - Raine Palmer
The Actor - Thom Haynes
"W.S. Gilbert's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appeared in the periodical "Fun" in 1874, but was apparently not performed in public until 1891. A benefit performance in 1904 had a cast that included Gilbert himself [as Claudius], George Bernard Shaw, Francis Burnand, and Anthony Hope (author of "The Prisoner of Zenda", among other well-known works); an amateur performance in 1900 had featured P.G. Wodehouse as Guildenstern."
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published: 08 Nov 2020
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Tim Roth, Gary Oldman. Subtitled (En, Fr, Sp)
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Audio: english.
Subtitles: english, french and spanish.
published: 29 Aug 2017
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern -- presented by NEGASS August 15, 2020
William Schwenk Gilbert wrote many straight plays of various lengths. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ was originally published in the periodical "Fun" in 1874. It was not performed on stage until 1891 when it was presented as part of a charity benefit.
Ben Morse KING CLAUDIUS, of Denmark
Martha Birnbaum QUEEN GERTRUDE, of Denmark
Thomas Dawkins HAMLET, Queen Gertrude’s Son – betrothed to OPHELIA
Natan Zamansky ROSENCRANTZ, a Courtier, in love with OPHELIA
James Cooper GUILDENSTERN, a Courtier
Marion Leeds Carroll FIRST PLAYER, an Actor
Juliet Cunningham SECOND PLAYER, an Actress
Kitty Drexel OPHELIA
ARGUMENT
KING CLAUDIUS, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference ...
published: 04 Sep 2020
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Part 4
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
published: 08 Aug 2011
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Part I
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
published: 07 Aug 2011
Benedict Cumberbatch as Rosencrantz in Tom Stoppard Play Great Performances PBS
published: 06 Jun 2019
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Part 2
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
published: 07 Aug 2011
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Part 3
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
published: 08 Aug 2011
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - OAP 2023
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Martin HS Theatre's 2023 Texas 6A UIL One Act Play entry - regional finalist.
directed by Kelly Groves & Jordan Chambers
(skip set-up and go directly to start of play at 10:50)
published: 29 Jun 2023
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Trailer
A trailer I made for my Editing 3 class. Edited by Christopher Haley.
The Durham Savoyards proudly present Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert!
Claudius - Kurt Benrud
Gertrude - Ada Brown
Rosencrantz - Pam Guidry-Vollers...
The Durham Savoyards proudly present Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert!
Claudius - Kurt Benrud
Gertrude - Ada Brown
Rosencrantz - Pam Guidry-Vollers
Guildenstern - Saki Marie
Hamlet - Mason Harvey
Ophelia - Raine Palmer
The Actor - Thom Haynes
"W.S. Gilbert's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appeared in the periodical "Fun" in 1874, but was apparently not performed in public until 1891. A benefit performance in 1904 had a cast that included Gilbert himself [as Claudius], George Bernard Shaw, Francis Burnand, and Anthony Hope (author of "The Prisoner of Zenda", among other well-known works); an amateur performance in 1900 had featured P.G. Wodehouse as Guildenstern."
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The Durham Savoyards proudly present Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert!
Claudius - Kurt Benrud
Gertrude - Ada Brown
Rosencrantz - Pam Guidry-Vollers
Guildenstern - Saki Marie
Hamlet - Mason Harvey
Ophelia - Raine Palmer
The Actor - Thom Haynes
"W.S. Gilbert's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appeared in the periodical "Fun" in 1874, but was apparently not performed in public until 1891. A benefit performance in 1904 had a cast that included Gilbert himself [as Claudius], George Bernard Shaw, Francis Burnand, and Anthony Hope (author of "The Prisoner of Zenda", among other well-known works); an amateur performance in 1900 had featured P.G. Wodehouse as Guildenstern."
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Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Audio: english.
Subtitles: english...
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Audio: english.
Subtitles: english, french and spanish.
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Audio: english.
Subtitles: english, french and spanish.
William Schwenk Gilbert wrote many straight plays of various lengths. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ was originally published in the periodical "Fun" in 1874. ...
William Schwenk Gilbert wrote many straight plays of various lengths. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ was originally published in the periodical "Fun" in 1874. It was not performed on stage until 1891 when it was presented as part of a charity benefit.
Ben Morse KING CLAUDIUS, of Denmark
Martha Birnbaum QUEEN GERTRUDE, of Denmark
Thomas Dawkins HAMLET, Queen Gertrude’s Son – betrothed to OPHELIA
Natan Zamansky ROSENCRANTZ, a Courtier, in love with OPHELIA
James Cooper GUILDENSTERN, a Courtier
Marion Leeds Carroll FIRST PLAYER, an Actor
Juliet Cunningham SECOND PLAYER, an Actress
Kitty Drexel OPHELIA
ARGUMENT
KING CLAUDIUS, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The KING has a son – HAMLET – whose tendency to soliloquy has so alarmed his mother, QUEEN GERTRUDE, that she has sent for ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN, to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. ROSENCRANTZ is a former lover of OPHELIA (to whom HAMLET is betrothed), and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which HAMLET might be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation. OPHELIA and ROSENCRANTZ persuade HAMLET to play his father’s tragedy before the KING and Court. HAMLET, who is unaware of the proscription, does so, and he is banished, and ROSENCRANTZ happily united to OPHELIA.
William Schwenk Gilbert wrote many straight plays of various lengths. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ was originally published in the periodical "Fun" in 1874. It was not performed on stage until 1891 when it was presented as part of a charity benefit.
Ben Morse KING CLAUDIUS, of Denmark
Martha Birnbaum QUEEN GERTRUDE, of Denmark
Thomas Dawkins HAMLET, Queen Gertrude’s Son – betrothed to OPHELIA
Natan Zamansky ROSENCRANTZ, a Courtier, in love with OPHELIA
James Cooper GUILDENSTERN, a Courtier
Marion Leeds Carroll FIRST PLAYER, an Actor
Juliet Cunningham SECOND PLAYER, an Actress
Kitty Drexel OPHELIA
ARGUMENT
KING CLAUDIUS, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The KING has a son – HAMLET – whose tendency to soliloquy has so alarmed his mother, QUEEN GERTRUDE, that she has sent for ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN, to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. ROSENCRANTZ is a former lover of OPHELIA (to whom HAMLET is betrothed), and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which HAMLET might be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation. OPHELIA and ROSENCRANTZ persuade HAMLET to play his father’s tragedy before the KING and Court. HAMLET, who is unaware of the proscription, does so, and he is banished, and ROSENCRANTZ happily united to OPHELIA.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published i...
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published...
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published i...
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published i...
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Martin HS Theatre's 2023 Texas 6A UIL One Act Play entry - regional finalist.
directed by Kelly Groves & J...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Martin HS Theatre's 2023 Texas 6A UIL One Act Play entry - regional finalist.
directed by Kelly Groves & Jordan Chambers
(skip set-up and go directly to start of play at 10:50)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Martin HS Theatre's 2023 Texas 6A UIL One Act Play entry - regional finalist.
directed by Kelly Groves & Jordan Chambers
(skip set-up and go directly to start of play at 10:50)
The Durham Savoyards proudly present Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert!
Claudius - Kurt Benrud
Gertrude - Ada Brown
Rosencrantz - Pam Guidry-Vollers
Guildenstern - Saki Marie
Hamlet - Mason Harvey
Ophelia - Raine Palmer
The Actor - Thom Haynes
"W.S. Gilbert's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appeared in the periodical "Fun" in 1874, but was apparently not performed in public until 1891. A benefit performance in 1904 had a cast that included Gilbert himself [as Claudius], George Bernard Shaw, Francis Burnand, and Anthony Hope (author of "The Prisoner of Zenda", among other well-known works); an amateur performance in 1900 had featured P.G. Wodehouse as Guildenstern."
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Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Audio: english.
Subtitles: english, french and spanish.
William Schwenk Gilbert wrote many straight plays of various lengths. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ was originally published in the periodical "Fun" in 1874. It was not performed on stage until 1891 when it was presented as part of a charity benefit.
Ben Morse KING CLAUDIUS, of Denmark
Martha Birnbaum QUEEN GERTRUDE, of Denmark
Thomas Dawkins HAMLET, Queen Gertrude’s Son – betrothed to OPHELIA
Natan Zamansky ROSENCRANTZ, a Courtier, in love with OPHELIA
James Cooper GUILDENSTERN, a Courtier
Marion Leeds Carroll FIRST PLAYER, an Actor
Juliet Cunningham SECOND PLAYER, an Actress
Kitty Drexel OPHELIA
ARGUMENT
KING CLAUDIUS, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The KING has a son – HAMLET – whose tendency to soliloquy has so alarmed his mother, QUEEN GERTRUDE, that she has sent for ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN, to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. ROSENCRANTZ is a former lover of OPHELIA (to whom HAMLET is betrothed), and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which HAMLET might be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation. OPHELIA and ROSENCRANTZ persuade HAMLET to play his father’s tragedy before the KING and Court. HAMLET, who is unaware of the proscription, does so, and he is banished, and ROSENCRANTZ happily united to OPHELIA.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
W. S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: A burlesque of William Shakespeare's Hamlet...with some slight emendations for the modern age.
First published in Fun magazine in 1874, first performed in 1891.
Revived by the Victorian Theatricals Society at the University of Virginia on May 12, 2011.
Performed at Hotel C, Jefferson Hall on the West Range.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Martin HS Theatre's 2023 Texas 6A UIL One Act Play entry - regional finalist.
directed by Kelly Groves & Jordan Chambers
(skip set-up and go directly to start of play at 10:50)
Rosencrantz ("rosary") and Gyldenstjerne/Gyllenstierna ("golden star") were names of Danish (and Swedish) noble families of the 16th century; records of the Danish royal coronation of 1596 show that one tenth of the aristocrats participating bore one or the other name. James Voelkel suggests that the characters were named after Frederick Rosenkrantz and Knud Gyldenstierne, cousins of Tycho Brahe who had visited England in 1592.
Shakespeare's Hamlet
The majority of characters in Hamlet have classical names, in contrast to the "particularly Danish" ones of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The names were common in the court of Frederick II and Christian IV, and also at the University of Wittenberg, an institution where Hamlet is mentioned as having studied (he refers to them as "my two schoolfellows").