Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

*6.9

Status

Released

Production

Thirteen

Aired

1991-02-08

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.