Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Act I Summary
Two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet are travelling to the court of King Claudius and have paused on the road to play a coin-tossing game of "heads or tails." The one named Rosencrantz has just won for the 70th consecutive time, each time betting on "heads." Rosencrantz is embarrassed to be winning so much money from his friend, Guildenstern, but Guildenstern is more concerned with the apparent violation of probability in this phenomenal run. After the string gets to 76, Guildenstern begins throwing the coins more absent-mindedly as he speculates on the possible...
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