TheauthoritativeeditionofRomeoandJulietfromTheFolgerShakespeareLibrary,thetrustedandwidelyusedShakespeareseriesforstudentsandgeneralreaders.InRomeoandJuliet,Shakespearecreatesaviolentworld,inwhichtwoyoungpeoplefallinlove.Itisnotsimplythattheirfamiliesdisapprove;theMontaguesandtheCapuletsareengagedinabloodfeud.Inthisdeath-filledsetting,themovementfromloveatfirstsighttothelovers’finalunionindeathseemsalmostinevitable.Andyet,thisplaysetinanextraordinaryworldhasbecomethequintessentialstoryofyounglove.Inpartbecauseofitsexquisitelanguage,itiseasytorespondasifitwereaboutallyounglovers.Thiseditionincludes:-Freshlyeditedtextbasedonthebestearlyprintedversionoftheplay-Newlyrevisedexplanatorynotesconvenientlyplacedonpagesfacingthetextoftheplay-Scene-by-sceneplotsummaries-Akeytotheplay’sfamouslinesandphrases-AnintroductiontoreadingShakespeare’slanguage-AnessaybyaleadingShakespearescholarprovidingamodernperspectiveontheplay-FreshimagesfromtheFolgerShakespeareLibrary’svastholdingsofrarebooks-Anup-to-dateannotatedguidetofurtherreadingEssaybyGailKernPasterTheFolgerShakespeareLibraryinWashington,DC,ishometotheworld’slargestcollectionofShakespeare’sprintedworks,andamagnetforShakespearescholarsfromaroundtheglobe.Inadditiontoexhibitionsopentothepublicthroughouttheyear,theFolgeroffersafullcalendarofperformancesandprograms.Formoreinformation,visitFolger.edu.
