By Michele Markarian

“Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” – Written by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Peter DuBois. Scenic Design by Wilson Chin; Sound Design and Original Music by Obadiah Eaves; Costume Design by Ilona Somogyi; Lighting Design by David Lander; Projection Design by Zachary Borovay. Presented by Huntington Theatre Company, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston through October 20.

“What do you think happens to them?” teased my theater companion at the first intermission of Tom Stoppard’s very funny, very imaginative fill-in-the-blanks back story of Shakespeare’s Hamlet’s university friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. At the risk of sounding obtuse, even though I have seen and read “Hamlet” many times, the writing, acting and direction in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” at the Huntington Theatre are so in the moment that I was, for a moment, not sure.

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