Romeo and Juliet
By: edited by Jill L. Levenson.
Contributors: Levenson, Jill L.
Series: The Oxford Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780198129370
Subjects: Romeo (Fictitious character) -- Drama; Juliet (Fictitious character) -- Drama; Conflict of generations -- Drama; Vendetta -- Drama; Youth -- Drama; Verona (Italy) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: This edition of one of Shakespeare's most popular and attractive plays adopts a radically new approach to the text. It offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 "good" quarto, but also of the short, or "bad" quarto of 1597, regarding each as an independent witness to a "mobile text" which changed in composition as Shakespeare wrote it and which has continued to evolve throughout its richly varied performance history. The longer and more familiar text, first printed in 1599, is presented along with a detailed explanatory commentary sensitive to both literary and theatrical issues. The earlier, shorter text is annotated only where it differs significantly from the later.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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; title: Index