Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Thames Television Ltd. FremantleMedia Ltd. ; producer, Francis Coleman ; director, Joan Kemp-Welch.

With "Understanding Shakespeare" key scenes are acted, then analyzed and interpreted throughout the play. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action, and plot.

Romeo and Juliet presents Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.

A modern adaptation of the classic love story, moved to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach.

This is an electronic version of the original edition of this;Bloom's;Modern Critical Interpretations;title, containing all the classic essays published in the first print edition.

Laesa Imaginatio, Or Imagination Infected by Passion in Shakespeare's Love Tragedies
Word and Action in the Mad Scenes of Shakespeare's Tragedies

Discusses the life of William Shakespeare and the original sources, performance history, story, characters, and themes of Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet"; also includes ideas for research, excerpts of criticism, and a chronology.