Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2011

Cast: Samuel Barnett, Jamie Parker, Chris Andrew Mellon, Charlie Hamblett, Stephen Pallister, Trevor Allan Davies, Zac Fox, Greg Last, James Northcote, Keith Thompson, Katherine Press, Jack Hawkins, James Simmons, Fiona Gillies, Andrew Jarvis, Tomm Coles, Elizabeth Hopper, Jody Elen Machin, Tom Golding, Michael Benz.

Writer: Tom Stoppard

Director: Trevor Nunn

With apologies to Oscar Wilde, to forget one production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead may be regarded as a misfortune; to forget two looks like carelessness. And yet here's a second production of this that I have no recollection of seeing. I really should remember it though: my two favourite History Boys directed by Trevor Nunn, I bet it was excellent. The Guardian review at the time gave it four stars and mentions that Tim Curry was originally supposed to be in it as well. I doubt I'd have forgotten that.