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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... Enter Madam and Nurse . . . Enter Mother... Enter Father') and in a string of demonstrable false starts. Shakespeare (who reportedly never blotted a line, as his friend Ben Jonson acerbically recounted, but as the editors of the First ...
... Enter Madam and Nurse . . . Enter Mother... Enter Father') and in a string of demonstrable false starts. Shakespeare (who reportedly never blotted a line, as his friend Ben Jonson acerbically recounted, but as the editors of the First ...
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... Enter JULIET somewhat fast, and embraces ROMEO.' can be seamlessly grafted on to the text in Q2. The scene is only eight lines longer in Q2 than in Q1. The lovers' vows in Q2 contain some of the play's richest conceits: ROMEO Ah, Juliet ...
... Enter JULIET somewhat fast, and embraces ROMEO.' can be seamlessly grafted on to the text in Q2. The scene is only eight lines longer in Q2 than in Q1. The lovers' vows in Q2 contain some of the play's richest conceits: ROMEO Ah, Juliet ...
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... Enter JULIET somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO. 3.1.89:Tybalt under Romeo's arm thrusts Mercutio in and flies. 3.2.31:Enter NURSE wringing her hands, with the ladder of cords in her lap. 3.3.107:He offers to stab himself, and NURSE ...
... Enter JULIET somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO. 3.1.89:Tybalt under Romeo's arm thrusts Mercutio in and flies. 3.2.31:Enter NURSE wringing her hands, with the ladder of cords in her lap. 3.3.107:He offers to stab himself, and NURSE ...
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... [Enter. CHORUS.] CHORUS Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 5 A ...
... [Enter. CHORUS.] CHORUS Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 5 A ...
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... Enter. two. other. Servingmen. [,. one. of. them. ABRAHAM,. of. the. house. of. Montague]. SAMSON My naked weapon is out. Quarrel, I will back thee. GREGORY How, turn thy back and run? SAMSON Fear me not. GREGORY No, marry, I fear thee!
... Enter. two. other. Servingmen. [,. one. of. them. ABRAHAM,. of. the. house. of. Montague]. SAMSON My naked weapon is out. Quarrel, I will back thee. GREGORY How, turn thy back and run? SAMSON Fear me not. GREGORY No, marry, I fear thee!
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