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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... HENRY IV Part 1edited by David Scott Kastan KING HENRY IV Part 2edited by A.R. Humphreys* KING HENRY Vedited by T.W. Craik KING HENRY VI Part 1edited by Edward Burns KING HENRY VI Part 2edited by Ronald Knowles KING HENRY VI Part ...
... HENRY IV Part 1edited by David Scott Kastan KING HENRY IV Part 2edited by A.R. Humphreys* KING HENRY Vedited by T.W. Craik KING HENRY VI Part 1edited by Edward Burns KING HENRY VI Part 2edited by Ronald Knowles KING HENRY VI Part ...
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... Henry IV Part 2 (1997), and he has a longstanding research interest in Antony and Cleopatra. He is the author of Shakespeare Revealed: A Biography (2007), Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson (1988) and The Yellow Cross ...
... Henry IV Part 2 (1997), and he has a longstanding research interest in Antony and Cleopatra. He is the author of Shakespeare Revealed: A Biography (2007), Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson (1988) and The Yellow Cross ...
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... Henry Irving's Lyceum production, 1882 (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 9 William Terriss as Mercutio, in Henry Irving's Lyceum production, 1882 (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 10Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft in the ...
... Henry Irving's Lyceum production, 1882 (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 9 William Terriss as Mercutio, in Henry Irving's Lyceum production, 1882 (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 10Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft in the ...
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... Henry V, one of the early editions is a so-called 'bad quarto' (that is, a text either heavily adapted, or reconstructed from memory, or both), the divergences from the present edition are too great to be recorded in full in the notes ...
... Henry V, one of the early editions is a so-called 'bad quarto' (that is, a text either heavily adapted, or reconstructed from memory, or both), the divergences from the present edition are too great to be recorded in full in the notes ...
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... Henry Woudhuysen advised on the choice of the facsimile of Q1 reproduced in the edition, as did Richard Proudfoot, whose detailed comments, at first proof, once again demonstrated his passion for accuracy and an incomparable ear for ...
... Henry Woudhuysen advised on the choice of the facsimile of Q1 reproduced in the edition, as did Richard Proudfoot, whose detailed comments, at first proof, once again demonstrated his passion for accuracy and an incomparable ear for ...
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