How long does it take to read Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead?
Tom Stoppard, Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, Bernhard Reitz
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, Bernhard Reitz takes about 2 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 18 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 125 pages, about 34,375 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eve view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
Subjects: English drama, Motion picture plays, Drama, Hamlet (Legendary character), Existentialism
