Tom stoppard 1966 play6/25/2023 ![]() (The designs are by, respectively, Frederica Nascimento, Ken Booth and Jenny Foldenauer.)Ī band of players (the ones Hamlet will importune with “speak the speech, I pray you”) roams the same emptiness, seeking an audience - for without one, they cannot exist. ![]() In courtly jerkins, cloaks and floppy hats, the pair are all dressed up with no place to go. The light is usually a chilly, foggy blue. ![]() Brothers to the end, they reassure each other with an occasional pat on the hand or full-on bear hug.Ī row of old-fashioned footlights forms a border, confining the pair to a mostly empty stage - the near-nothingness of their existence. Deeper thinking is not beyond his capacity - indeed, he’s often the voice of reason - but he tends not to dwell on things, which is, perhaps, his way of staying sane.ĭespite their differences, they are determined to get through this together. ![]() A boy forever, he delights in the games they invent to pass the time. Mahaffy’s Rosencrantz is generally the sun to Guildenstern’s gloom. ![]()
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