This store requires javascript to be enabled for some features to work correctly.

Free delivery on UK orders over £50

The New Cambridge Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

Sale price

Regular price £8.99
( / )
Shipping calculated at checkout.

We aim to deliver shop products within:

UK – 1-5 business days

Europe – 1-2 weeks

Rest of world – 1-3 weeks

Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations.

For this updated critical edition of Romeo and Juliet, Hester Lees-Jeffries has written a completely new introduction. It draws on recent research in theatre to set Romeo and Juliet in its mid-1590s context, making connections with other plays by Shakespeare and other literature of the period, as well as with the social and cultural contexts of the day, with discussions of London and Italy, dancing and duelling, marriage, gender and sexuality. It includes detailed discussion of the play in performance from the Restoration to the present day, with a particular focus on film (including global cinema), music and dance, and also explores other adaptations and afterlives, including young-adult fiction. The edition retains the commentary and Textual Analysis of the previous editor, G. Blakemore Evans; the Textual Analysis is prefaced with a short note contextualising its conclusions in the light of more recent research.

  • A completely fresh introduction equips students to analyse the language, themes and staging of the play for themselves
  • Provides detailed discussion of the play in performance and on film, with a particular focus on very recent productions
  • Makes cutting-edge research in theatre history accessible for and directly relevant to students

Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!

Detail

Author: William Shakespeare

Format: Paperback

Size: 152mm x 228mm

Pages: 266