Romeo and Juliet
Edition: Reissued (7)
Series: Oxford Worlds Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780199535897
Copyright date: 2000
Description: The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers

ROMEO AND JULIET
Edited by Jill L. Levenson
• a new, modern-spelling text, collated and
edited from all existing printings
• the only edition to include both the 1599 Quarto
and also the 'bad' Quarto of 1597
• on-page commentary and notes explain meaning,
staging, allusions, and much else
• detailed introduction considers composition, sources,
performances, and changing critical attitudes to the play
• illustrated with production photographs, film stills, and related art
• full index to introduction and commentary
• durable sewn binding for lasting use
--back cover
Notes: UK/US
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations; title: Introduction; title: The Romeo and Juliet Narrative Before Shakespeare; title: Romeo and Juliet - the Play; title: Performance History; title: Date; title: The Mobile Text; title: Editorial Procedures; title: Abbreviations and References; title: THE MOST EXCELLENT AND LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET; title: An Excellent Conceited Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Q1); title: Index