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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... Scene 1.4 Scene 1.5 Scene 2.0 Scene 2.1 Scene 2.2 Scene 2.3 Scene 2.4 Scene 2.5 Scene 2.6 Scene 3.1 Scene 3.2 Scene 3.3 Scene 3.4 Scene 3.5 Scene 4.1 Scene 4.2 Scene 4.3 Scene 4.4 Scene 4.5 Scene 5.1 Scene 5.2 Scene 5.3 Appendices 1 Q1 and ...
... Scene 1.4 Scene 1.5 Scene 2.0 Scene 2.1 Scene 2.2 Scene 2.3 Scene 2.4 Scene 2.5 Scene 2.6 Scene 3.1 Scene 3.2 Scene 3.3 Scene 3.4 Scene 3.5 Scene 4.1 Scene 4.2 Scene 4.3 Scene 4.4 Scene 4.5 Scene 5.1 Scene 5.2 Scene 5.3 Appendices 1 Q1 and ...
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... scene, in John Gielgud's New Theatre production, 1935 (Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory Collection/Mander and Mitchenson/University of Bristol Theatre Collection/Arenapal.com) 11Lynn Seymour as Juliet with Christopher Gable as Romeo in ...
... scene, in John Gielgud's New Theatre production, 1935 (Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory Collection/Mander and Mitchenson/University of Bristol Theatre Collection/Arenapal.com) 11Lynn Seymour as Juliet with Christopher Gable as Romeo in ...
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... scene divisions (seldom present in the early editions and often the product of eighteenth-century or later scholarship) have been retained for ease of reference, but have been given less prominence than in previous series. Editorial ...
... scene divisions (seldom present in the early editions and often the product of eighteenth-century or later scholarship) have been retained for ease of reference, but have been given less prominence than in previous series. Editorial ...
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... scene location, Shakespeare's handling of his source materials, and major difficulties of staging. The list of roles (so headed to emphasize the play's status as a text for performance) is also ... Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1.
... scene location, Shakespeare's handling of his source materials, and major difficulties of staging. The list of roles (so headed to emphasize the play's status as a text for performance) is also ... Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1 Scene 1.
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... scene are numbered 0.1, 0.2, etc. Where only a line number precedes a square bracket, e.g. 128], the note relates to the whole line; where SD is added to the number, it relates to the whole of a SD within or immediately following the ...
... scene are numbered 0.1, 0.2, etc. Where only a line number precedes a square bracket, e.g. 128], the note relates to the whole line; where SD is added to the number, it relates to the whole of a SD within or immediately following the ...
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