Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" is a play which as it were takes place in the wings of Hamlet & finds both humour & poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords. The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppards reputation virtually overnight. Its wit stagecraft & verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were then & the play has become a contemporary classic. " One of the most original & engaging of post-war plays". (" Daily Telegraph")."