num_pages: 129
description: This innovative edition of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the short, or "bad" quarto of 1597, regarding each as witness to a "mobile text" which changed in composition as Shakespeare wrote it and which has continued to evolve throughout its richly varied history, both in the theatre and in film, television, opera, and ballet. The more familiar 1599 text is accompanied by a detailed explanatory commentary. The Introduction traces the Romeo and Juliet narrative from its origins in myth through its adaptation in the novella, and shows how Shakespeare's transmutation of the story reflects contemporary concerns with love, death, adolescence, and patriarchism.
language: English
title: Romeo and Juliet
titlecomplete: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare on Stage)
characters: Romeo, Benvolio, Abram, Friar John, Juliet, Lady Montague, Paris, Sampson, Capulet, Escalus, Montague., Mercutio, Balthasar, Lady Capulet, Friar Lawrence
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Poetry, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, High School
ratings_count: 2518930
places: Verona, Italy
publisher: Swan Books