Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, A Tragic Episode, in Three Tabloids

About the show

Gilbert's burlesque of Hamlet has Claudius reveal that he once wrote a disastrous tragedy whose mention is punishable by death. Rosencrantz and Ophelia, who love one another, persuade Hamlet to stage it, hoping to rid themselves of his long soliloquies and unwanted engagement; Hamlet is banished and the pair marry.