Romeo and Juliet is the world#39;s most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual fulfilment; but a combination of old animosities and new coincidences brings them to suicidal deaths.
This play offers a rich mixture of romantic lyricism, bawdy comedy, intimate harmony and sudden violence. Long successful in the theatre, it has also generated numerous operas, ballets and films; and these have helped to makeRomeo and Julietperennially topical.
The Wordsworth Classics#39; Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare#39;s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.