The Erinsborough Civic Theatre will present the satire "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in the coming
month. The show will open this Friday night at 8:00 p.m.
The play, written by Tom Stoppard, is a comedic venture into the lives of two minor characters in Shakespeare's
tragedy "Hamlet". The Erinsborough production will star John Kale and Larry Guldman as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
respectively.
"The play explores the concept of creating two essentially empty characters," Kale comments.
"In Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have no personality and are there just to move the plot along."
The director, Kurt Henderson, is entusiastic about his production.
"I hope that Erinsborough will appreciate seeing this play as much as we have learned to appreciate it in
rehearshal." He say that the play is not slapstick comedy, but more subtle humor that requires a bit of thinking from
the audience. "It is entertaining regardless of whether or not one is familiar with Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'."
