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1) Whatshisface
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family have moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
Author
Series
Stratford Zoo volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Stratford Zoo is like any other zoo... until closing time! That's when the animals come out of their cages to perform Shakespeare's greatest works. They might not be the best actors, but they've got heart (also fangs, feathers, scales, and tails). Please find your seats and get ready for the funniest (and furriest) performance ever of Shakespeare's most romantic tragedy!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"For this updated critical edition of Romeo and Juliet, Hester Lees-Jeffries has written a completely new Introduction. It draws on recent research in theatre to set Romeo and Juliet in its mid-1590s context,making connections with other plays by Shakespeare and other literature of the period, as well as with the social and cultural contexts of the day, with discussions of London and Italy; dancing and duelling; marriage, gender and sexuality. It...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows the story of the star-crossed lovers but close attention to the language of the play can deepen and darken the legend. As icons of passion, Romeo and Juliet reveal the recklessness, as well as the idealism, of desire in a violent world. Catherine Belsey shows how you can tease out the play's subtle meanings and goes on to discuss key adaptations, including the classic Baz Lurhmann film.
8) YOLO Juliet
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Imagine: What if those star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays! Two families at war. A boy and a girl in love. A secret marriage gone oh-so-wrong... and h8. A Shakespeare play told through its characters texting with emojis, checking in at certain locations, and updating their relationship statuses.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An interesting and informative educational resource, The Themes of Shakespeare is a major new series which explores the most important issues arising from the study of Shakespeare. Including extracts from the new feature film version of 'Macbeth', starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale, as well as productions and performers of the Stratford Shakespeare Company, Includes specially filmed segments of Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Othello, Hamlet, Romeo...
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
This lecture series introduces the plays of William Shakespeare and explains the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization. The key to that achievement is his 'abundance.' Not only in the number and length of his plays, but also in the variety of experiences they depict, the multitude of actions and characters they contain, the combination of public and private life they deal with, the richness of feelings they express...
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