Romeo and Juliet
Oct 2014 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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From the Folger Shakespeare Library comes a new edition of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Folger’s world-class team of scholars, theater makers, and researchers offer a new generation of readers contemporary perspectives on the timeless provocations and questions of this tragic love story.
Shakespeare may have died in 1616, but the English playwright and actor is everywhere in our world today. His plays and poems pop up in sitcoms, song lyrics, comedy sketches, and commercials. His words have been quoted, performed, adapted, transformed, interrogated, hated, and loved. Shakespeare opens a dynamic field of play that ignites creativity and curiosity. And the Folger Shakespeare Library wants you to know that Shakespeare’s many possibilities are for you.
That’s why we’re bringing you a brand-new edition of Romeo and Juliet—Shakespeare’s most famous love story. The Folger Shakespeare Library Romeo and Juliet will have all the features that our readers expect and trust from our best-selling editions. You’ll still find the beloved facing-page format with helpful notes on the left and Shakespeare’s text on the right to support a seamless reading experience. You’ll still find illustrations from the Folger’s extensive collection—that includes more materials related to Shakespeare than anywhere else in the world—and you’ll still find the best Shakespeare scholars editing our editions. But we're giving you a new introduction to Romeo and Juliet, all new essays about Shakespeare and the early modern world, revised and reenergized glosses, notes about important themes and literary terms, and new images from the Folger’s unparalleled collection—all based on the most up-to-date research.
At the beginning of the Folger Shakespeare Library Romeo and Juliet, our General Editors—Patricia Akhimie and Paul Werstine—and Folger Shakespeare Library Director Farah Karim-Cooper will tell you the story of how they came to Shakespeare. Do you have a Shakespeare story? We hope you build one within these pages.
Shakespeare may have died in 1616, but the English playwright and actor is everywhere in our world today. His plays and poems pop up in sitcoms, song lyrics, comedy sketches, and commercials. His words have been quoted, performed, adapted, transformed, interrogated, hated, and loved. Shakespeare opens a dynamic field of play that ignites creativity and curiosity. And the Folger Shakespeare Library wants you to know that Shakespeare’s many possibilities are for you.
That’s why we’re bringing you a brand-new edition of Romeo and Juliet—Shakespeare’s most famous love story. The Folger Shakespeare Library Romeo and Juliet will have all the features that our readers expect and trust from our best-selling editions. You’ll still find the beloved facing-page format with helpful notes on the left and Shakespeare’s text on the right to support a seamless reading experience. You’ll still find illustrations from the Folger’s extensive collection—that includes more materials related to Shakespeare than anywhere else in the world—and you’ll still find the best Shakespeare scholars editing our editions. But we're giving you a new introduction to Romeo and Juliet, all new essays about Shakespeare and the early modern world, revised and reenergized glosses, notes about important themes and literary terms, and new images from the Folger’s unparalleled collection—all based on the most up-to-date research.
At the beginning of the Folger Shakespeare Library Romeo and Juliet, our General Editors—Patricia Akhimie and Paul Werstine—and Folger Shakespeare Library Director Farah Karim-Cooper will tell you the story of how they came to Shakespeare. Do you have a Shakespeare story? We hope you build one within these pages.
From the Folger Shakespeare Library comes a new edition of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Folger’s world-class team of scholars, theater makers, and researchers offer a new generation of readers contemporary perspectives on the timeless provocations and questions of this tragic love ...
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Rob Walter
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July 29, 2015
On my Nexus 9, every time I click on a hyperlink in the text a pop-up ad appears on the page trying to sell me more Shakespeare. It's very annoying as having to swipe it off the screen distracts from the flow which has already been interrupted by needing to look up a word.
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Horimo Namon
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October 28, 2021
I don't like this book because I'm not romantic reader person. The only reason I read this was because it was a requirement in school. SMH.
Josphin (Joju)
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October 11, 2025
it was sooo good
About the author
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.
Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.
Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.
Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.
Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk...
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