Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Other Portrayals

Other Portrayals

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the names of important characters in Square Co. (currently Square-Enix) Vagrant Story videogame. Rosencrantz is a mercenary and Guildenstern is the game's main antagonist.
• The characters of Royce and Aldo in the Doctor Who serial Warriors' Gate are based on Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
• Two treacherous ferrets named Rosencrass and Guildenswine appear in Garry Kilworth's Welkin Weasels series.
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland. The film's title refers to a fictitious play-within-the-movie, which is a comic reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and its aftermath.
• In the episode "Tales from the Public Domain" of The Simpsons, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are parodied by Lenny and Carl as Rosencarl and Guildenlenny
• Similarly, in the 1983 movie Strange Brew, the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie (portrayed respectively by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) are modeled on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a plot loosely based on Hamlet.
• In the movie Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement, Princess Mia's friend Lily addresses two of the palace maids as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
• The band The Spin Doctors mention Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in their song "How Could You Want Him".
• Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt used Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as the names of two prominent pet cats in her radio play / novel "Ibbeltje", dated 1961.
• Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and the names of many other characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet are the names of several antagonists from the "Onimusha" video game series.
• The name of the moving company in the movie Gnomeo & Juliet.
• American composer Herschel Garfein wrote the music and libretto for an opera based on the Tom Stoppard play.
• Rosenberg and Goldstein from the Harold & Kumar film series are named after them.