Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Life is a gamble at terrible odds-if it was a bet, you wouldn't take it.

Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Nature of life The human condition

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Author

Tom Stoppard

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 3.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 3.

We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.

Tom Stoppard

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Burning bridges Cynicism The human condition

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Tom Stoppard

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Play

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English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 2.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 2.

Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?

Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Eternity

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Rosencrantz

Author

Tom Stoppard

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Play

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 2.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 2.