Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
£30.00
GBPRomeo and Juliet is not only one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, it is one of the most popular stories in the world. Yet while the play has rarely been off the stage, it has undergone radical transformations in performance. It has been abridged, rewritten, given a happy ending, reset in other times and places, and adapted into other media. While retaining its appeal as a definitive love story, Romeo and Juliet has been a dynamic and unstable performance text, endlessly reinvented to suit differing cultural needs. This edition provides a detailed, thorough and readable account of the play in production. The introduction examines shifts in interpretation, textual adaptations and staging innovations over four centuries of theatrical production. The commentary gives detailed examples of how different performers, from Henry Irving and Ellen Terry to Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, have brought life and death to Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers.
- An edition of the play which emphasizes performance history
- Useful for scholars, actors and directors
- Includes both history of the plays and detailed commentary on actors' interpretations
Reviews & endorsements
'I cannot recommend too highly the whole series to all theatre lovers, theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and anybody who enjoys Shakespeare.' Robert Tanitch, What's on in London
Product details
April 2002Paperback
9780521667692
288 pages
236 × 159 × 23 mm
0.569kg
12 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Series editors' preface
- Editor's note
- List of abbreviations
- Select chronology of English-language performances
- Introduction
- Romeo and Juliet and commentary
- Index.
