Rhode Island Production Of Tom Stoppard's 1966 Play '

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The Community College of Rhode Island Production of Tom Stoppard’s 1966 play strikes the audience from the start. With its vibrate colors and striking image. What happens when two figures are shown struggling to find identity and purpose in a world that makes no sense. The players, who the heroes encounter at Elsinore reminds them that while finding their purpose, they are in danger of losing their heads. Ironically, they fail to recognize themselves even through death that is mimic throughout the play. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are uncertain of their past, puzzled by the present and blind as to the future. But if the play still works, it is because Stoppard strikes an astonishing balance between cross-talk comedy and poignant awareness