Romeo and Juliet by Loehlin, James N. (9780521667692)

Romeo and Juliet

by Loehlin, James N. , Shakespeare, William

Paperback - English

Romeo and Juliet has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on stage and film. This edition provides the full text of the play as well as a thorough account of its production history, equally useful for the scholar, actor and director. The introduction examines major changes over four centuries of theatrical production. The commentary provides detailed examples of how different performers, from Henry Irving and Ellen Terry to Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, have brought life and death to Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0521667690

EAN

9780521667692

Publisher

CAMBRIDGE

Publication Date

27 May 2002

Pages

288

Weight (kg)

0.46

Dimensions (cm)

13.1 x 18.7 x 1.8

Lexile Level

630

About Author

James N. Loehlin is Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard in the Cambridge Plays in Production series, and the editor of Romeo and Juliet in the Cambridge Shakespeare in Production series. He has also written books on Shakespeare's Henry V, and Henry IV, Parts I and II. He has directed, acted in, or supervised productions of all Chekhov's major plays, as well as twenty-five of Shakespeare's plays.