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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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bookshelves: existentialist, theatre, english-20th-c
Oct 09, 2016
bookshelves: existentialist, theatre, english-20th-c
Read 2 times. Last read September 15, 2020 to September 17, 2020.
This is a classic existentialist work by playwright Tom Stoppard which focuses on an absurdist dialog between the two minor characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Thanks to my extraordinary high school AP English teacher, I was introduced to this wonderful and funny play and it gave me more insight into the incredible complexity of the original as well as opened my eyes to modern perspectives about it. A must.
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Reading Progress
December 30, 1985
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Started Reading
January 1, 1986
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Finished Reading
October 9, 2016
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November 18, 2016
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existentialist
November 18, 2016
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theatre
November 18, 2016
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english-20th-c
September 15, 2020
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Started Reading
September 17, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Sep 19, 2020 11:54AM
What do you think of his Hard Problem?
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Have not read that one. Do you recommend it?
Haven't read any Stoppard. The name of this title interests me, it's after the Hard Problem of Consciousness, but apparently the play is some other thing (and how?)
@sahan I am unfamiliar with Hard Pbm of Consciousness, so don't know how to compare. Hope you enjoy it.
