Paperback, 238 pages
English language
Published March 13, 2005 by Cambridge University Press.
This edition of Romeo and Juliet is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges.
This Romeo and Juliet aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom, hall or drama studio through enjoyable activities that will increase your understanding. Actors have created their different interpretations of the play over the centuries. Similarly, you are encouraged to make up your own mind about Romeo and Juliet, rather than having someone else’s interpretation handed down to you.
Cambridge School Shakespeare does not offer you a cut-down or simplified version of the play. This is Shakespeare’s language, filled with imaginative possibilities. You will find on every left-hand page: a summary of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, a choice …
This edition of Romeo and Juliet is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges.
This Romeo and Juliet aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom, hall or drama studio through enjoyable activities that will increase your understanding. Actors have created their different interpretations of the play over the centuries. Similarly, you are encouraged to make up your own mind about Romeo and Juliet, rather than having someone else’s interpretation handed down to you.
Cambridge School Shakespeare does not offer you a cut-down or simplified version of the play. This is Shakespeare’s language, filled with imaginative possibilities. You will find on every left-hand page: a summary of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, a choice of activities on Shakespeare’s language, characters and stories.
Between each act and in the pages at the end of the play, you will find notes, illustrations and activities. These will help to increase your understanding of the whole play.
There are a large number of activities to give you the widest choice to suit your own particular needs. Please don’t think you have to do every one. Choose the activities that will help you most.
This edition will be of value to you whether you are studying for an examination, reading for pleasure, or thinking of putting on the play to entertain others. You can work on the activities on your own or in groups. Many of the activities suggest a particular group size, but don’t be afraid to make up larger or smaller groups to suit your own purposes.
Although you are invited to treat Romeo and Juliet as a play, you don’t need special dramatic or theatrical skills to do the activities. By choosing your activities, and by exploring and experimenting, you can make your own interpretations of Shakespeare’s language, characters and stories. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.
Rex Gibson
This edition of Romeo and Juliet uses the text of the play established by G. Blakemore Evans in the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition.
Ha estado entretenido pero no me ha enamorado la historia
No por nada es un referente de la literatura universal. El lenguaje, las reacciones extremas de los personajes, la mezcla de lo trágico y lo cómico entre tantísimos otros detalles hacen de esta obra una parada obligatoria para quien tenga un poco de curiosidad por los clásicos.
This is a re-reading but the first time with this particular edition. The Royal Shakespeare Company Modern Library edition is just beautifully clear. When I picked this up I just had to buy it and now intend to get hold of them all.
It's the combination of modern font, clear, unfussy layout and the obvious accessibility of the notes on the page that make it so much easier to understand and enjoy.
The scholarship brings out all the earthy, bawdy double meanings and brings old Shakespeare to life.
Not my favourite play, but I still appreciate the artistry of the layered meanings in many of the exchanges.
On another re-read, there's enough humour here to warrant another star. While the primary narrative is still lacking a bit of the subtlety that we see in some of Shakespeare's later (more philosophical) works, there are still some great lines, and a lot of fun.
I haven't read this since high school. I remember enjoying it, but found I enjoyed it a bit more this time. The first blush of young infatuation. Love at first sight. Family feuds. And death. The play that spawned a thousand movies and has set an unrealistic, strangely morbid bar for teens everywhere. I would blame Leonardo DiCaprio but I know this obsession was there long before our pal Leo caused millions of ladies to swoon. The family conflicts are so outdated in this day and age, but the insanity of pubescent hormones are alive and well even now. Read it, debate it, perform it--it's a classic for a reason.
Read this in the Modern English version. nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/
