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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... thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. ROMEO Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself ...
... thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. ROMEO Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself ...
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... thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature, for this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole' (2.4.85–9). The scene displays the young men as a dashing jeunesse dorée ...
... thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature, for this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole' (2.4.85–9). The scene displays the young men as a dashing jeunesse dorée ...
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... thou Marius?'. Otway's most enduring departure from Shakespeare was to allow his lovers to survive long enough after Marius ingests poison to share one last exchange before dying. The scene is more Antony and Cleopatra than Romeo and ...
... thou Marius?'. Otway's most enduring departure from Shakespeare was to allow his lovers to survive long enough after Marius ingests poison to share one last exchange before dying. The scene is more Antony and Cleopatra than Romeo and ...
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... thou wring thy hands' (3.2.31.1, 36). Film, with its use of close-ups, is a medium that Shakespeare never imagined, but it is impossible not to approve of Zeffirelli's use of zooms, and particularly of Olivia Hussey's face and eyes ...
... thou wring thy hands' (3.2.31.1, 36). Film, with its use of close-ups, is a medium that Shakespeare never imagined, but it is impossible not to approve of Zeffirelli's use of zooms, and particularly of Olivia Hussey's face and eyes ...
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... thou yet that exile is not death? [b] But Romeo may not, he is banished. [c] Flies may do this, but I from this must fly; [d] They are free men, but I am banished. [e] Only one of lines [a] and [d] can be retained in an edited version ...
... thou yet that exile is not death? [b] But Romeo may not, he is banished. [c] Flies may do this, but I from this must fly; [d] They are free men, but I am banished. [e] Only one of lines [a] and [d] can be retained in an edited version ...
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