Romeo and Juliet: The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William, and De Somogyi, Nick (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1854599348 / ISBN 13: 9781854599346

Published by Nick Hern Books, London, UK, 2009

About this Item

Very good. Bright, tight and clean with NO markings. Not ex-library. Paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 232 p. Shakespeare Folios. Audience: General/trade. The first folio of 1623 wtih a parallel modern edition. All proceeds benefit the Burlingame Public Library. Bookseller Inventory # Alibris.0009211

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Title: Romeo and Juliet: The Tragedie of Romeo and ...

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, London, UK

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Trade paperback

Book Condition:Good

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Synopsis:

The Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

'A quite wonderful idea... So blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself' Peter Hall

This edition accurately reproduces the text of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623), but in modern type. At a stroke the dust of ages is blown away and what Shakespeare actually intended is revealed to modern readers.

Now Shakespeareans everywhere - students, actors, directors - can see for themselves what the Folio really says.

As a further aid to understanding, on each opposing page the same text appears in a fully modernised version - a useful safety net whenever the Folio becomes problematic.

Each volume also contains:
- an introduction to the particular play
- textual notes
- an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate
- a facsimile page from the First Folio

Review:

'A quite wonderful idea ... I will certainly use the texts myself.' Peter Hall