tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56734059596835974412012-02-16T02:57:16.691-08:00A blog all about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (and sometimes Hamlet). I'm a slasher for Ros/Guil so that might colour my writings at times - in other words, not for a high school essay.curtangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17120338410953576135noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673405959683597441.post-76227276599221849102010-05-16T12:22:00.000-07:002010-05-16T12:22:54.688-07:00

Reasons - This is a cute little slash fic that is fairly well written.  The author has a good sense of the characters and doesn't feel the need to pad out the story with cutesy references. Though its two chapters, this is a short quick read.  It brought a smile to my face and isn't particularly graphic. I think a non-slasher would enjoy the story for its little character moments, though the

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We Haven't Got There Yet is not a work of fan fiction.  At least not in the sense of it using the characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to create a new story about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.  Its clear, however this work is written with some love to both Hamlet, Shakespeare, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Stoppard. The concept is great: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is

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 The first Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W.S. Gilbert. If you want to check it out yourself before reading on check out this site by a Gilbert and Sullivan fan. I'll still be here when you're done. Its a pretty clever skewering of the parts of Hamlet that have bothered all of us who have thought about Hamlet more than anyone should, and it is even more

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I still remember the night I saw Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. It was eleven years ago last November.... November 27th, I think... I always have been bad with dates. I had just read it for school. Read it during my lunch break, actually. I thought it was cute... I got the impression that the Players sort of sucked them into the text of Hamlet... almost as if they needed them for the

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That's the question, I suppose. Hamlet has been performed with them completely removed, and supposedly "no one knew the difference". I'm an English Lit major, and I was told that everything in a great work of literature is there for a reason. I've read authors write about writing and written myself since then, and now I suspect that's bullshit. You write what works and sometimes, by chance,

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From the Observer (UK):No lighting up - but Class A drugs are OK Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are coke heads - thanks to the city's unbendable ban on smoking Lorna Martin, Scotland editorSunday August 13, 2006The director of a Fringe play has turned one of its famous characters into a cocaine addict because Scotland's smoking ban prevents him lighting up on stage. Ben Waring, director of

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Stick Figure Hamlet is a wonderful web comic. At first, I thought it was going to be sort of a joke. But its actually the text of Hamlet in webcomic form with (surprise surprise) stick figures.As near as I can tell, it sticks pretty strongly to what most of us would consider the complete text of Hamlet. In fact, the format makes some things that I wasn't too clear on make more sense, leaving

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I've read people who are sympathetic to the Rosencrantz/Guildenstern slash pairing say that they can see where the slashers are coming from but disagree because of the "innocence" of the characters (Rosencrantz in particular, if I remember correctly).This got me thinking... And the first scene that came to mind that I thought of as showing the innocence of the characters was the first time they

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