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Romeo and Juliet: Cambridge School Shakespeare Book

This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry BrottonRead More

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  • Amazon

    Modern editions of a popular and trusted series.

  • Play

    Romeo and Juliet is one of the ten most popular titles from the best-selling Cambridge School Shakespeare series now available in a new edition. The new edition includes new and revised activities throughout new black and white photos from the widest selection of stage and film interpretations of the plays and a larger glossary providing extra support with the language of Shakespeare. In addition expanded sections on characters language and performance history offer the best support for the KS3 SATs and GCSE coursework. The new edition also includes exciting new features to bring the play to life such as a visually stunning eight-page section packed with full-colour production photographs and a striking new cover design. The new edition remains faithful to the Cambridge School Shakespeare active approach which treats the play as theatre and the text as a script to be acted explored and enjoyed.

  • Blackwell

    This new edition of Cambridge School Shakespeare has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. It remains faithful to the series' active approach, which treats each play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed.

  • Pickabook

    William Shakespeare, Rex Gibson (Editor)

  • 0521618703
  • 9780521618700
  • William Shakespeare
  • 23 June 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 228
  • 3
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