Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is presented in this new edition published by Wordsworth Editions in 2000. This edition spans 160 pages and is available in English. The play is renowned as a classic drama of tragic young love, where the titular characters defy their families’ feud to experience the brief joys of courtship and marriage, ultimately leading to their untimely deaths due to a mix of longstanding animosities and unforeseen events.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of romantic lyricism, bawdy comedy, and sudden violence woven throughout the narrative. This edition is edited, introduced, and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Sussex, providing additional context and insights into the text. The enduring themes and dramatic elements of Romeo and Juliet continue to resonate, making it a significant work within the realms of drama and literary criticism.
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Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Romeo and Juliet is the world’s most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual fulfilment; but a combination of old animosities and new coincidences brings them to suicidal deaths.
This play offers a rich mixture of romantic lyricism, bawdy comedy, intimate harmony and sudden violence. Long successful in the theatre, it has also generated numerous operas, ballets and films; and these have helped to make Romeo and Juliet perennially topical.
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