Book description
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.
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright of the 16th
and 17 centuries, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the word's pre-eminent dramatist.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Adrian Poole is Reader in English & Comparative Literature and a
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His publications include
Shakespeare and the Victorians and Tragedy: Shakespeare and the Greek Example.
