From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern definitive edition of the most famous of all
love stories. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate this unique edition presents a
historical overview of Romeo and Juliet in performance takes a detailed look at specific
productions and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are three interviews with a
leading director and two actors - Michael Attenborough David Tennant and Alexandra Gilbreath -
providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are
possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre
and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended - as living theatre
to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal for students theatre-goers actors and general readers the
RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh accessible and contemporary approach to reading and
rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.
