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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadTom Stoppard

Characters in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

9 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Rosencrantz

    A minor courtier from Hamlet's play, now a bewildered and anxious man trapped in the same plot.

  • Guildenstern

    Rosencrantz's cynical, more self-aware counterpart; together they wander through their own Shakespearean fate with increasing desperation.

Supporting characters

  • Horatio

  • Polonius

  • Laertes

  • Claudius, King of Denmark

  • Countess Gertrude

  • Ophelia

  • Prince Hamlet

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