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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Real author:
William Shakespeare
Editor:
James N. Loehlin, University of Texas, Austin
Published:
May 2002
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521667692
$53.00
USD
Paperback

    Romeo and Juliet has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on stage and film. This edition provides the full text of the play as well as a thorough account of its production history, equally useful for the scholar, actor and director. The introduction examines major changes over four centuries of theatrical production. The commentary provides detailed examples of how different performers, from Henry Irving and Ellen Terry to Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, have brought life and death to Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers.

    • An edition of the play which emphasizes performance history
    • Useful for scholars, actors and directors
    • Includes both history of the plays and detailed commentary on actors' interpretations

    Reviews & endorsements

    'I cannot recommend too highly the whole series to all theatre lovers, theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and anybody who enjoys Shakespeare.' Robert Tanitch, What's on in London

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    Product details

    May 2002
    Paperback
    9780521667692
    288 pages
    236 × 159 × 23 mm
    0.569kg
    12 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • List of illustrations
    • Series editors' preface
    • Editor's note
    • List of abbreviations
    • Select chronology of English-language performances
    • Introduction
    • Romeo and Juliet and commentary
    • Index.
    • William Shakespeare
    • Editor
    • James N. Loehlin , University of Texas, Austin

      James N. Loehlin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Henry V in the Manchester University Press Shakespeare in Performance series, as well as a number of articles and reviews regarding Shakespeare on stage and film. He is also Director of the Shakespeare at Winedale program, a University of Texas summer course dedicated to the intensive study of Shakespeare through performance.