The play opens with servants from both houses engaged in a street brawl that eventually draws in the family patriarchs and the city officials, including prince escalus. Personalized classic novels romeo and juliet bookbyyou. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both of these versions but, he also developed supporting characters, like mercutio and paris and expanded the plot to add subplots. Romeo and juliet is the most popular lovestory of all time, having been turned into at least 24 different operas, 14 orchestral works, 8 ballets, several musicals including west side story, and forming the inspiration for music by duke ellington, the supremes, bruce springsteen, lou reed and dire straits. Yet while the play has rarely been off the stage, it has undergone radical transformations in performance. Romeo and juliet begins as the chorus introduces two feuding families of verona. Romeo and juliet is a simple but dramatic cautionary tale about the blindness that both love and hate can engender.
The prince ends the conflict by issuing a decree that prohibits any further fighting at the risk of. A pair of starcrossd lovers prologue romeo and juliet was shakespeares first great tragedy, a richly lyrical love story that has long been one of the authors most popular plays for performer and audience alike. Squashed and nicely abridged books romeo and juliet. Julie, your art has a this gorgeous, unique feel to it. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both of these versions. Believing juliet to be dead, romeo buys some poison and visits the capulet crypt, only to find count paris, who had come to mourn alone. Romeo not having that, which, having, makes them short. First performed around 1596, romeo and juliet has been adapted as a ballet, an opera, the musical west side story, and a dozen films.
Juliet wakes up to find romeo dead, and stabs herself with his dagger. Script of a very abbreviated version of the classic shakespeare tale intended for a 15minute performance in a class assembly. Romeo and juliet is a personalized classic novel from. It is a gem of a book both for little people learning to count and those who are starting to do romeo and juliet at school. Romeo and juliet cbc stratford festival reading series 9780660190372. Romeo and juliet dramatis personae escalus, prince of verona. Includes a personalized cover and upload a photo to include in the book.
Masked and unaware of her family origins, romeo doesnt realize that juliet is a capuletsworn enemies of his family, the montagues. Believing romeo to be a vandal, paris confronts him and is slain by romeo. Romeo and juliet aidan coleman, shane barnes, william. Shakespeares techniques and conventions are explained thoroughly and accessibly, and key vocabulary is defined throughout, giving students. Romeo hears about her death and buys poison before visiting the family crypt.
Read modern romeo and juliet translation, scene by scene. When romeo, heartbroken and lovesick over rosalind, meets juliet, he falls in love almost instantly. In this scene, we learn of the hatred between the montague and capulet families, and the troubles of our main character romeo. Im romeo, and i used to be emo and annoying but now im so totally in luuuuurve and its awesome.
Scenes from shakespeares romeo and juliet the complete. Believing that his lady love is dead, romeo drinks the poison. The friar will send romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. Romeo and juliet audiobook by william shakespeare youtube. Pleaes contact me if it is yours and you arent happy for it to be on here. Shakespeares play about the doomed romance of two teenagers from feuding families is the most famous love story ever written. This comprehensive and easytouse guide contains an abridged edition of the play, plus analysis of key. Romeo and juliet was shakespeares first great tragedy, a richly lyrical love story that has long been one of the authors most popular plays for performer and audience alike. This play tells of a classic love between the children of two rival families. No fear shakespeare is a service created by spark notes to modernize.
Juliets father forces her into a marriage with count paris. Tybalt reaches under romeo s arm and stabs mercutio. The plot of romeo and juliet is based on two ealrier versions. A novel, author david hewson reworks and expands on the classic story so that it becomes something richer, something new and entirely its own. Romeo and juliet audiobook abridged listen instantly. Abridged romeo and juliet script teaching resources. To avoid this marriage, juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. Includes references to suitable music to include e. With this tapspeare edition, if theres a passage you do not understand, then just tap. Romeo and juliet abridged characters in romeo and juliet.
The tragedy of romeo and juliet shows how innocence and love can become casualties of hatred. The first was an italian tale, entitled, the tragical history of romeus and juliet by arthur brooke. Romeo and juliet is one of the greatest plays ever writtenbut lets face itif you dont understand it, then you are not alone. Romeo and juliet william shakespeare digital audiobook. Abridged for schools and performance shakespeare shorts for schools and performance abridged edition. This is the first title in a new series from insight for the education market english and drama years 911. Abridged for schools and performance shakespeare shorts for schools and performance 9781501052705. Abridged specially for teachers and students of english and drama, this is a pacy and engaging version of romeo and juliet that maintains the coherence of the plot and contains all the essential elements needed for classroom study and dramatic performance. He is a handsome, pleasant young man and cousin of the. The lovers decide to escape their families legacies and marry.
Developed and written by leading teachers and shakespearean specialists, each text in the insight shakespeare plays series contains the play text as well as detailed background notes and a wide range of questions and activities. In romeo and juliet shakespeare creates a tragic world in which two young people fall in love. Nobody here can help you or even suggest how you can get your ex. Romeo and juliet squashed and nicely abridged books.
One of shakespeares most popular and accessible plays, romeo and juliet tells the story of two starcrossed lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families. Fate has other plans as paris encounters romeo and is killed by the latter. Romeo and juliet by william shakespeare read free book. All about romeo and juliet abridged penguin reader by anne collins. Adults looking for a dramatically abridged version of shakespeares tragic love story with some lovely backdrops of verona may find something to savor in earlys sleeping beauty. To be sure, these were not fulllength productions but culled from any number of abridged versions of which there are many designed for young people to perform. Romeo tries to break up the fight tybalt stabs mercutio under romeo s am. Soon after, the head of the capulet family plans a feast. Abridged for schools and performance shakespeare shorts for schools. One, theres only room in this play for one awesome character and its me, bitch. A public performance of the ssf abridged script must be premiered at the professional ssf theatre.
An abridged version of romeo and juliet by william shakespeare. Romeo o then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. The play contains some of shakespeares most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written. Summary of romeo and juliet shakespeare birthplace trust. Act i volume iii book ix 7 with purple fountains issuing from your veins, on pain of torture, from those bloody hands throw your mistemperd weapons to the ground, and hear the sentence of your moved prince. Act 1, scene 1 romeo and juliet william shakespeare. And the abridged romeo and juliet with felt puppets was so funny.
The story of romeo and juliet audiobook in english with subtitles duration. Much more than a simple love story, it is a brilliant examination of young versus old, hope against despair, and, for juliet, the search for individual identity at a time when women. Fulllength paperback, hardcover and ebooks featuring you, your friends or favorite characters. On a hot summers day, the young men of each faction fight until the prince of verona intercedes and threatens to banish them. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, by thee, old capulet, and montague, have thrice disturbd the quiet of our. It has been abridged, rewritten, given a happy ending, reset in other times and places, and adapted into other media.
Not knowing that juliet is actually alive, romeo drinks the poison. The plan goes awry, and romeo learns instead that she is dead. Read a character analysis of juliet, plot summary, and important quotes. Romeo and juliet is set in verona, italy, where there is an ongoing feud between the montague and capulet families. Romeo and juliet no fear shakespeare biloxi public schools. Romeo and juliet by william shakespeare abridged for the. It has been filmed more often than any other play, from one of the first. Romeo y julieta spanish edition and millions of other books are available for instant access. It was translated into verse in 1562 and then retold in prose under the title palace of pleasure by william painter in 1582. The famous story of two starcrossd lovers is rediscovered for students and. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, by thee, old capulet, and montague, have thrice disturbd the quiet of our streets. Romeo and juliet is not only one of the most popular of shakespeares plays, it is one of the most popular stories in the world.
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