Two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet take center-stage in this play. And they're pretty clueless. Lots of comedy (and of course, tragedy) ensues.
Why does Stoppard write a whole play from the perspective of these two minor characters? What point is he making about "heroism"? And what might a Formalist say about that conception of the hero?
What are some of the ways that Stoppard's play comments on and revises Shakespeare's Hamlet? How do we see Hamlet differently after reading Stoppard's play?