Romeo and Juliet: Third SeriesThis major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of staging, theme, meaning and Shakespeare's use of his sources to give the reader deep and engaging insights into the play. The richly illustrated introduction looks at the play's exceptionally beautiful and complex language and focuses on the figure of Juliet as being at its centre. René Weis discusses the play's critical, stage and film history, including West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's seminal film Romeo + Juliet. This is an authoritative edition from a leading scholar, giving the reader a penetrating and wide-ranging insight into this ever popular play. |
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... lovers, in the 1976 RST production directed by Trevor Nunn and Barry Kyle (Tom Holte Theatre Photographic Collection © Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) The stand-off in 3.1, with Tybalt (Hugh Quarshie), mercutio (michael Kitchen), Benvolio ...
... lovers, in the 1976 RST production directed by Trevor Nunn and Barry Kyle (Tom Holte Theatre Photographic Collection © Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) The stand-off in 3.1, with Tybalt (Hugh Quarshie), mercutio (michael Kitchen), Benvolio ...
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... lovers are young. To the extent that they are victims of fate rather than shapers of their destiny, the lovers are hardly lofty tragic heroes as defined by Aristotle in the Poetics.1 Nevertheless, the two early quartos of 1597 and 1599 ...
... lovers are young. To the extent that they are victims of fate rather than shapers of their destiny, the lovers are hardly lofty tragic heroes as defined by Aristotle in the Poetics.1 Nevertheless, the two early quartos of 1597 and 1599 ...
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