'Till next time, then

By the way, the thing about imagining the characters in a play or movie as real people living a real narrative, is that the unfortunate characters are doomed to repeat the entire scenario every time the play is acted out or the movie is shown. This is hinted at in the movie when Guildenstern says: "Well, we'll know better next time," just before being hanged. The Player, who represents a sort of God-like character, replies, "'Till next time, then." Of course we get the impression that this series of unfortunate events has being going on unaltered since the play was first written, and that in each cycle the two start off just as unknowing as they ever were. That, my friends, is saṃsāra.