Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

And what a title for it. Let me explain:

Let me point out that in seeing the show, I was exhausted from an 8+ hour day already so sleep was begging to hit. But the Shakespeare Tavern has a very "homey" appeal, very comfortable, very personable. The food is much better than it was years ago when I attended shows there.

"R&G", as I'll shorten the title of the show, was very long. 40 minutes for Act I, an hour for Act II and 40 minutes for Act III. Go Stoppard. The main actors, Mr. Nicholas Faircloth and Mr. Paul Hester were quite on their mark: interacting with guests, with each other, concerned about their plights and situations...everything actors should be. But The complaint is not in the actors themselves (make note that Mr. Drew Reeves was absolutely hilarious), the complaint is in the writing. It was boring. There were humorous parts, of course, but over-all I just wanted it to be a 2 hour play and be done with it. It was hard trying to focus on the plot, the main concern of the two protagonists, and God forbid that the players stood on stage and said nothing at all - that was the moment to close ones eyes and bid sleep to take them away until words engulfed the stage again.

Over all it was not the best night of theater, but the Tavern has done better work.