This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical "West Side Story "and Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet "filmed in 1968. A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy. This edition is illustrated by Sir John Gilbert. Оригинально оформленное подарочное издание. Книга в суперобложке, с...

ISBN: 978-1-905716-81-4
Издательство: CRW Publishing
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

The GREEN APPLE DRAMA series is composed of versions of Shakespeare`s plays in comic-strip form. They are at Starter level and Step 2. The Starter level includes instructions on how to stage the play, while Step 2 includes music and mime activities. The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge...

ISBN: 978885300-799-5
Издательство: CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011

The story about Romeo and Juliet, in one form or another, was often told in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but Shakespear`s source was an English poem published in 1562, called `The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet`. It was written at a timewhen the brief vogue for sonnet-writing was at its height. The tragedy of `Romeo and Juliet` was first produced about 1595. From the first it was popular.

ISBN: 5-8168-0043-4
Издательство: Химера
Дата выхода: январь 2001

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne`er saw true beauty till this night.` Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare`s Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audiences with its passionate depiction of the tragic romance between two young lovers. With a bitter feud between their respective families, Romeo and Juliet`s love is troubled from the start, and through their relationship, Shakespeare shows the fine line between love, hatred, comedy and tragedy.

ISBN: 978-0-00-790236-1
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011