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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... Brooke's Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet Tybalt, Mercutio and Paris Performing love From London (c. 1596) and Cambridge (c. 1598–1601) to Douai (1694–5) From Garrick (1748) to Berlioz (1839) and Cushman (1845) From Gounod (1867) ...
... Brooke's Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet Tybalt, Mercutio and Paris Performing love From London (c. 1596) and Cambridge (c. 1598–1601) to Douai (1694–5) From Garrick (1748) to Berlioz (1839) and Cushman (1845) From Gounod (1867) ...
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... Brooke's poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), he created an iconic work, fashioning literary gold from dross.2 His version above all others lies at the root of the almost universal appeal of the story. Ever since its ...
... Brooke's poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), he created an iconic work, fashioning literary gold from dross.2 His version above all others lies at the root of the almost universal appeal of the story. Ever since its ...
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... Brooke, Shakespeare turns her into a barely pubescent bride (see List of Roles, 1n.). Although her extreme youth is commented on solicitously by her father when talking to her suitor Paris – he would prefer her to be fifteen or sixteen ...
... Brooke, Shakespeare turns her into a barely pubescent bride (see List of Roles, 1n.). Although her extreme youth is commented on solicitously by her father when talking to her suitor Paris – he would prefer her to be fifteen or sixteen ...
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... Brooke calls her an 'ancient dame' (344), whence Juliet's 'Ancient' when spurning Nurse's bigamous suggestion that she should marry Paris while being Romeo's wife. Nurse's nearly toothless presence (1.3.13–14) may indicate an older ...
... Brooke calls her an 'ancient dame' (344), whence Juliet's 'Ancient' when spurning Nurse's bigamous suggestion that she should marry Paris while being Romeo's wife. Nurse's nearly toothless presence (1.3.13–14) may indicate an older ...
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... Brooke; they are Shakespeare's invention.13 Juliet's first line in the scene, 'Gallop apace, you fieryfooted steeds', sets the tone for a speech driven by passion, in which she openly desires to lose her virginity: 'And learn me how to ...
... Brooke; they are Shakespeare's invention.13 Juliet's first line in the scene, 'Gallop apace, you fieryfooted steeds', sets the tone for a speech driven by passion, in which she openly desires to lose her virginity: 'And learn me how to ...
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