Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
The complete play, packed for an essay.
A student reading this play needs the text, the context and some idea of what to write — so put all three in one book.
You are a student and you have to write about this play, and you would like one book that helps with all of it.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the full play, with glosses as you read.
Changes: what surrounds it: an introduction, background on England in 1597, extracts from the poem Shakespeare worked from, and classroom notes on writing about the play.
Whose story is it?
the lovers’, and the essay’s. This edition knows you will be asked about character and theme.
How much time does it ask?
A paperback in Oxford University Press’s school series, edited by Roma Gill.
Oxford University Press: the play, “Extracts from Romeus and Juliet,” background on England in 1597, and classroom guidance on writing about the play.
Where to find it
Buy the paperback — Bookshop.org
Other ways to get it: Paperback — Amazon · Ebook — Kobo · Kindle — Amazon
Borrow it free: Borrow on Libby · Find at your library — WorldCat
More ways into Verona: The Folger Shakespeare Library edition · No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet · The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series, ed. René Weis