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  • Published: 16 September 2009
  • ISBN: 9780307423245
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

Romeo and Juliet

Staged: the origins of YA’s greatest tropes





STAGED: Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection

In a society dominated by religion and bound by ties of strict family loyalty, two teenagers are trapped by their secret love. As a dangerous vendetta spills onto the streets, the young lovers are forced to risk all to be together in Shakespeare’s fast-paced tragedy of thwarted love.

Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; and black-and-white illustrations.

Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.

  • Published: 16 September 2009
  • ISBN: 9780307423245
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

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Persuasion
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
On Sparta
Love
Annals
Military Dispatches

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