Romeo and Juliet: Overview

Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; students'confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare's language, which is supported throughout this abridged play text from Globe Education. Reduces the length of the play by a third, while preserving the intricacies of the plot, enabling students to engage with the whole story in the class time available- Builds understanding of Shakespeare's language by providing a detailed glossary alongside the text for quick and easy reference, plus a range of language-focused activities.

This edition of the play gives students and teachers extra background information. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. It provides historical and social contexts that increase the reader's understanding of the play. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that Romeo and Juliet is unmatched in the world's literature as a vision of an uncompromising love that perishes of its own idealism and intensity.”

Hi-Lo, adapted classics, low level classics. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. Presented in traditional play script format, each title features simplified language, easy-to-read type, and strict adherence to the tone and integrity of the original. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. Yet the bitter feud between their families forbids all contact. Can the power of their love stand up against such a longstanding history of hatred?

The graphic novels adaptation using the original Shakespearean dialog. The world-class art, romance, sword-play, and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet will capture the attention of reluctant readers. Supplement your traditional Shakespearean sources with the graphic novel adaptation that will help readers imagine the action like never before. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades 5-10.

The graphic novel format of Romeo and Juliet.

The most iconic love story of all time, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge. Despite the bitter rivalry that exists between their families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet have fallen madly in love. But when the long-running rivalry boils over into murder, the young couple must embark on a dangerous and deadly mission to preserve their love at any cost. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Calista Flockhart as Juliet, Matthew Wolf as Romeo, Julie White as Nurse, Alan Mandell as Friar Laurence, and Richard Chamberlain as Prince Escalus, Nicholas Hormann as Lord Capulet, and Josh Stamberg as Mercutio.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.
In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare creates a tragic world in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

Albert Finney, Claire Bloom, Edith Evans and Hilton Edwards perform an unabridged version of Shakespeare's tragedy about two young lovers whose deaths unite their feuding families.