Romeo and Juliet - The RSC Shakespeare (Paperback)

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen

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From the Royal Shakespeare Company -- a fresh new edition of the most famous of all love stories THIS EDITION INCLUDES: / An illuminating introduction to Romeo and Juliet by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate / The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page / A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play / An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre / A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of Romeo and Juliet in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with a leading director and two actors -- Michael Attenborough, David Tennant and Alexandra Gilbreath -- so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made 'our contemporary' four centuries after his death. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.

Book details

Published
26/08/2009

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN
9780230232082


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