Romeo and Juliet"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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... speech 3 date ... prolixity i.e. , such wordiness is out of fashion 4 hoodwinked blindfolded 6 crow- keeper boy set to scare crows away 7 without - book prologue memorized speech 9 measure judge 10 measure them a measure dance one dance ...
... speech 3 date ... prolixity i.e. , such wordiness is out of fashion 4 hoodwinked blindfolded 6 crow- keeper boy set to scare crows away 7 without - book prologue memorized speech 9 measure judge 10 measure them a measure dance one dance ...
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... speech prefixes have been regularized . This last change will be regretted by those who feel , per- haps rightly , that at least some of the speech prefixes of Q2 show how Shakespeare thought of the character at each moment of the ...
... speech prefixes have been regularized . This last change will be regretted by those who feel , per- haps rightly , that at least some of the speech prefixes of Q2 show how Shakespeare thought of the character at each moment of the ...
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... speeches of the lovers are expressions of their isolation and desire ; separated from each other , they speak at length . The Nurse , Mercutio , and Capulet , however , are given great bursts of speech in company ; and the reaction of ...
... speeches of the lovers are expressions of their isolation and desire ; separated from each other , they speak at length . The Nurse , Mercutio , and Capulet , however , are given great bursts of speech in company ; and the reaction of ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxiii |
Romeo and Juliet | 41 |
Copyright | |
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