Romeo and Juliet - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

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ISBN 10: 0942208668 ISBN 13: 9780942208665

Publisher: Bandanna Books, 2012

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A reader's edition, modernized language ("you" for "thee," etc.) and glossary for unfamiliar words. Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays. Starting with a family feud, a lovesick young man, a daughter waiting for life to happen, swordplay, deaths, schemes, subterfuge, daring exploits—this play is like the soap to end all soap operas, you can't help but be emotionally engaged. This volume coordinates with a Romeo and Juliet Director's Playbook (www.createspace.com/3891241), which uses the same text with greatly expanded sections for every part of every scene, plus sections for auditioning, the Stage Manager, coordinating the director's vision with the Set Designer and the Costumer, plus the responsibilities of the Producer for the budget, tips on creating a playbill program, fundraising, advertising, parents (if a high school or college production), and much more behind-the-scenes activities that must take place before actors set foot on stage.

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About the Author:

William Shakespeare, the third of eight children, was born on April 23, 1564 in the English market town of Stratford-upon-Avon. His father became the mayor of Stratford in 1568 and worked as a glovemaker and a moneylender. Four years after leaving school at approxi-mately the age of fourteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in November of 1582; their first child Susan-nah was born in May of the following year. Two years later, Anne gave birth to twins, Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, a period called “the lost years,” there is almost no evidence about Shakespeare’s life, nor is there any solid evidence about how or why he made his way to London to become a dramatist. By 1592, however, Shake-speare’s reputation as a playwright and poet had begun to grow. In 1594, he helped found a new theater company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and be-came the company’s dramatist. Shakespeare’s success increased, and by 1598, the year he registered The Merchant of Venice, he had already purchased one of the biggest residences in Stratford. Some of Shakespeare’s richest dramatic work was written after the founding of the Globe Theater by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1599, including Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. After 1611, Shakespeare largely retired from the theater to spend more time in Stratford. He died in 1616 on his birthday, April 23, when he was fifty-two years old.

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