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  • Published: 9 June 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141920252
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Romeo and Juliet

Staged: the origins of YA’s greatest tropes





· Used and recommended by the National Theatre.


· Backed by a massive national marketing and publicity campaign - in collaboration with the National Theatre. Kicking off with Shakespeare's birthday on 23rd April and Nick Hytner's new production of Henry IV, Parts One and Two (starring Michael Gambon) at the start of their 2005 £10 season.


· Part of the relaunch of the celebrated Penguin Shakespeare series - with a fresh new look and a wealth of new editorial material.


· The most widely read editions of Shakespeare's plays - offering authoritative, accessible texts to be enjoyed by theatre goers, actors, general readers and students alike.


· Pocket-sized A format editions with a newly designed page, featuring only Shakespeare's words and all critical apparatus appearing at the front and back of the books.

A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.

  • Published: 9 June 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141920252
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

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