Rosencrantz: Maybe we shouldn't have come here.

Guildenstern: (hopeless)What else would we have done?

Rosencrantz: We could've.... We could've... no.

Guildenstern: Yes.

A momentary silence. soon....

Rosencrantz: (in a small voice) Are you cold?

Guildenstern: A bit. Are you?

Rosencrantz: Yes. (a sob) It had to come to this, didn't it?

Guildenstern: We never had a choice. (pause) Are you afraid?

Rosencrantz: Yes.

Guildenstern: Me too.

Rosencrantz takes his hand. Again, silence. After a while, Rosencrantz takes out a coin, shows it go Guildenstern, and makes as if to spin it.

Guildenstern: (stopping him) Not now.

Rosencrantz deflates and slumps against the wall. More silence.

Rosencrantz: (exploding) But we never did anything! (beat) did we?

Guildenstern: (bitterly) Does it matter?

Rosencrantz: Of course it does! We can't just give up, don't you see? We can't... (gets up and starts pacing. Suddenly...) Did you try the door?

Guildenstern: Locked. (gently teasing) They generally are, in prisons.

Rosencrantz: (desperate) You needn't rub it in like that! (he sits down and buries his head in his hands) What will become of us?

Guildenstern: (walks over to Rosencrantz Says with false gaiety) Oh, we shall be beheaded, I suppose. Or perhaps, they'll hang us. Either way... (he sits down next to Rosencrantz. Suddenly serious) I'll miss you.

Rosencrantz: (looks up, tear-stained and surprised) You will?

Guildenstern: Of course I will. You... you're...(he stops, unable to express his feelings. Desperately, he tries again.) I.. (breaks down) Oh, Rosencrantz!

Rosencrantz: (takes Guildenstern's hand, almost crying) I'll miss you, too. You're all I have.

Guildenstern: (draws Rosencrantz to him) Shh... there, there...it's alright.

Once again, silence.

Guildenstern: It looks different, somehow, now that it's this close. Death, that is. I'm not afraid anymore.

Rosencrantz: Nor am I. It seems happier, somehow. More friendly. I don't think I'll mind dying.

Guildenstern: (leans into Ros) We'll be together.

Rosencrantz: (smiles sadly)... Together...

More silence. During this time, the lighting changes to indicate dawn.

Guildenstern: (shaking Rosencrantz, who has fallen asleep) Dawn....They'll come for us soon.

Rosencrantz: (waking up) I wish they wouldn't. This isn't so bad. I could live like this.

Guildenstern: (a bit sarcastic) Yes... it's cold, damp... That rat must be as big as your head...

Rosencrantz: (pathetic) You're here.

Guildenstern: (starts crying) Why do we have to die now? (takes Ros in his arms) I don't want you to die!

They sit like this for some time. Guil is crying softly, Ros is comforting. Suddenly, a ray of light and a metallic sound indicates a door opening. From offstage, a voice calls out.)

Offstage Voice: Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, sentenced to death by the King of Denmark!

Ros and Guil separate, and stand quietly facing the light. They are still holding hands. Two figures in black enter and lead them out. Fade to black.