Romeo and Juliet (Signet Classic Shakespeare Series)

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Author: William Shakespeare

ISBN-10: 0451526864

ISBN-13: 9780451526861

Category: British & Irish Drama

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One of Shakespeare's most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate them as a long bitter feud between families. The play contains some of Shakespeare's most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written. Unique features of the Signet Classic ShakespeareAn extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan BarnetA special introduction to the play by the editor, J. A. Bryant, Jr., University of KentuckySource from which Shakespeare derived Romeo and Juliet—Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and JulietDramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Goldman, Susan Snyder, Marianne NovyA comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Romeo and Juliet, then and nowText, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable typeUp-to-date list of recommended readings