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Possible settings for rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead:
An empty theatre/stage (classic)
A set previously used for or evocative of Hamlet
Backstage of a theatre
An elevator
Any “liminal” space (airport, train station, hallway)
A dennys parking lot (ros & guil must be stoners)
Tom stoppard’s actual house
Random warehouse
A dive bar (bartender is either ros and guil themselves OR Shakespeare OR Tom Stoppard)
House of mirrors
The set of waiting for Godot
A graveyard
IKEA
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so rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead functions on the idea of these guys not having a choice right? and even if they choose to just sit down and not move anywhere they'll probably be moved to where they need to be regardless? and the only choices they have are how they choose to interpret their world, with rosencrantz needing to find and test the boundaries of it and cement their place in it and guildenstern trusting the narrative without question? and guildenstern refuses to allow either of them to decide who they are? and they are so interconnected with each other that they are simply inseparable and indistinguishable, even to themselves? and they cannot define themselves without the other and become lost when they lose each other? and their choice (or lack thereof) in identity (or lack thereof) is mutually decided (or determined) to be in their inherent love and trust and unity in and with each other? and you expect me to be normal about that?
#they chose each other guys they chose each other when they didnt have a choice#something something one cannot exist without the other. to believe in one demands the reconciliation of the other#i swear i was going somewhere with this#idk i think theres a certain beauty and unimaginable pain in having to exist both undefined and defined by another#horrible simplicity yknow#anyway#ragad#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#r&gad
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Neptune Theatre, 2024)
#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#ragad#gifs#edits#billy boyd#dominic monaghan#michael blake#i suddenly wanted to try gifmaking again right as I got my concussion for some reason lol#so this is my fun reward for recovery! I've had to sit on my hands all week but I'm feeling great today 😊#it's been 2 years since i last made gifs dear lord#so forgive me bc i forgor everything
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Barbie (2023) // Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)
#back on my bullshit#unfortunately i can't stop thinking about this now#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#barbie movie#there are so many more parallels that i just haven't figured out how to fit into a neat aesthetic post#ragad#how do i use my connections to get tom stoppard to weigh in on the barbie 2023 film
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death is a boat
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she rosencrantz on my guildenstern until i dead
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life in a box is better than no life at all ig
(inspired by this post)
#istg every time i make a ragad meme the photoshop gets more and more complex#i drew in those shadows by hand lol#ragad#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#meme
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every friend group has these two people 🤣 tag your friends!! 😆
1. always one minor inconvenience away from killing everyone in the room and then himself
2. rosencrantz.
#guildenstern is so high strung. and that coupled with rosencrantz’s antics is the perfect combination#they are so funny#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#ragad#hamlet#shakespeare#kat is typing
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Hamlet, writing a letter: and upon its reading, the bearers of this letter should be compensated with very nice houses and lots of money for their troubles
Rosencrantz, from the other room: haha bro what if our names were Rizzencrantz and Gyattdenstern
Guildenstern, also in the other room: haha yeah it's like we're sending Hamlet to Ohio
Hamlet, writing quicker: on second thought I think you should kill these guys actually
#hamlet#shakespeare#hamletposting#rosencrantz and guildenstern#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#ragad#shitpost
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rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead moodboard but its full of metafictional doomed yaoi so yeah basically its just a normal r&gad moodboard
hi @ascendantdreamweaver
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Head (1968) / Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead / @shcherbatskya
#wizardspeak#the monkees#ragad#head 1968#ive changed my mind it's everything this is the best post ive ever made. hi
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been summoned to Elsinore by Claudius. He and Queen Gertrude, wish for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to glean what sudden sway of madness has affected Hamlet. The duo sets out to achieve their task, meeting a ragged troupe of players along the way. Brief glimpses of scenes from Hamlet show the trials and tribulations of the royals; our two heroes are largely left in a state of waiting. They pass the time playing games, posing questions, and tossing coins, until they gradually realize that their fates have been taken out of their own hands. They are merely characters in a larger story in which they have no say.
Antigone: After Oedipus' self-exile, his sons Eteocles and Polynices engaged in a civil war for the Theban throne, which resulted in both brothers dying fighting each other. Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban ruler Creon ordered the public honoring of Eteocles and the public shaming of Thebes' traitor Polynices. The story follows the attempts of Antigone, the sister of Eteocles and Polynices, to bury Polynices, going against the decision of her uncle Creon and placing her relationship with her brother above human laws.
Propaganda under the cut!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead:
what if we were both minor characters in Hamlet forced to die over and over again in a timeloop and we were both guys 😳. basically one of the only modern straight plays i know and its just so good!!!!!!!! Rosencratz's death monolouge gets me everytime
This play is for people that love Shakespeare, but also love weird shit. It somehow offers really insightful commentary on stories and fate and purpose while also feeling like a fever dream.
an existential and brilliant deconstruction of hamlet
it’s good
Hamlet fanfic involving the game of questions and frequently not being on boats.
No, I'm tired sorry
waiting for godot meets hamlet. best of both worlds
A heartbreaking examination of the archetype “tragedy” — the knowledge that, essentially, the characters are doomed from the beginning, and cannot escape their fates, the inescapable feeling that they’re simply characters in a story. RAGAD treats the genre with comedy and makes two seemingly meaningless characters into an everyone’s favorite duo.
what if we were doomed by the narrative and flipped coins and licked feet and hid in barrels and hung out with a suspicious actor troupe who eventually turns against us and also we have to figure out what's up with hamlet because claudius told us to? and we were both boys? just kidding! ....unless?
I know the whole thing off by heard and I’ve never been in it. Does that count. Also it deserves to win because of what the awful awful film did to it.
Antigone:
Extremely seminal and powerful.
Play of all time. That is all.
A play from the 5th century BCE that’s still resonant today
something about the worst punishment not being death but rather being forced to live on in a world that has already spurned you. something about sisterhood. something about "too late, too late, you see what justice means"
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Botanic Tournament : Roses Bracket !
Orange Group
Round 3 Poll 2
#botanic tournament#tournament polls#roses bracket#orange group#round 3#rosencrantz#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#ragad#hbg rose#rose hbg#humans b gone rose#rose humans b gone#humans b gone
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THE GRAND FINALE
Images from:
Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead staged by National Theatre, 2017
The Public Theatre, 2009
#here we go folks#shakespeare#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#ragad#twelfth night#12N#national theatre#anne hathaway#daniel radcliffe
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Barbie (2023)//Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017 National Theater)
"That's why I was created: I only exist in the warmth of your gaze"//"The single assumption that makes our existence viable: that somebody is watching."
#ragad#barbie#i don't know what to say you guys i'm back on my bullshit#something something existing only when beheld something#also yes i did reorder the ken gifs to make them match the player's speech#it couldn't go the other way round ok#and yes i did edit the players speech a bit but you know what. this is my gif set and#also this took me so long please reblog it#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead
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it's saturday
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