Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play) death. Ophelia suggests that instead of killing the prince, the King should banish him to "Engle-land", where "dwell a cultured race." Claudius assents, commenting, "They're welcome to his philosophic brain." Hamlet is banished, and Rosencrantz embraces Ophelia. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, A Tragic Episode, in Three Tabloids is a short comic play by W. S. Gilbert, a parody of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. The main characters in Gilbert's play are King Claudius and Queen Gertrude of Denmark, their son Prince Hamlet, the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Ophelia. Gilbert's play first appeared in "Fun" magazine in 1874
BBC Television Shakespeare characters' "time in the forest appear[ing] to be more an upscale camping expedition rather than exile." The "Prefaces to Shakespeare" episode for "As You Like It" was presented by Janet Suzman, who had played Rosalind in a 1967 RSC production directed by George Rylands. The "Shakespeare in Perspective" episode was presented by novelist Brigid Brophy. Cast Director Herbert Wise felt that "Julius Caesar" should be set in the Elizabethan era, but as per the emphasis on realism, he instead set it in a Roman "milieu". Wise argued that the play "is not really a Roman play. It's an Elizabethan play