Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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i It f p 5 Rusenckant f s 1 , ann tliullbenstelm I alle Dean ' BEST PLAY 'N 5 by TOM STOPPARD ' ,.1:':g,1:':,1:g-'D L MON. OCT. 20 thru SAT. ocr. 235 Til Eves. tExc. Thurs.l at 8:30 p.m. lvtfthsat. at 2:02.-ELT. --an-Q tw,,,.-' '---......f' ' Shakespeare only briefly hints at the lives of these most unfortunate characters in Hamlet. Tom Stoppard, however, tries to resolve the mystery that surrounds their lives by offering them as the major characters in his play. Vk'ithin the framework of his play they are portrayed as bumbling fools who question everything. but accomplish nothing. So absurd is their intellect that they are not even sure which of them is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern. By merit of the play's humour. Stoppard is immediately able tocapture audience approval. lf this audience approval B to be considered as a measure of success. the play was thenoutstand- hug. Even though humour was the keynote of the play. its relation to dialogue and action seemed to be of a very superficial nature. Beneath the wit. there appeared to be serious ideas that point to Stoppards existentialist views. He achievesthis end through Constant repetition ofjokes that he- come less funny as theplay progresses. Eventually one is able to see how serious are the implica- tions of the humour. This paradox is not resolved until the very end of the play when Rosencrantz. or is it Guildenstern, manages to find his own death slightly amusing. Stoppard does not: he fmds it pathetic. The most forceful character. a llayer, ap- pears to be Stoppard's voice on Stage. Through him all action is judged and weighed. Inter- pretation is then given. Action is a bit slow. but is made up for by fast dialogue and brilliant wit that combine to form a Contemporary play of outstanding enter- tahunentvalue l -- fl. liourlct' Page 2l