Romeo and Juliet：Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

图书标准信息

• 作者 William Shakespeare（威廉·莎士比亚） 著；J. A. Bryant 编
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1998-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780451526861
• 定价 36.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 221页
• 丛书 Signet Classics

【内容简介】

OneofShakespeare'smostpopularandaccessibleplays,RomeoandJuliettellsthestoryoftwostar-crossedloversandtheunhappyfatethemasalongbitterfeudbetweenfamilies.TheplaycontainssomeofShakespeare'smostbeautifulandlyricallovepoetryandisperhapsthefinestcelebrationofthejoysofyoungloveeverwritten.

UniquefeaturesoftheSignetClassicShakespeare

AnextensiveoverviewofShakespeare'slife,world,andtheaterbythegeneraleditoroftheSignetClassicShakespeareseries,SylvanBarnet

Aspecialintroductiontotheplaybytheeditor,J.A.Bryant,Jr.,UniversityofKentucky

SourcefromwhichShakespearederivedRomeoandJuliet—ArthurBrooke'sTheTragicallHistoryeofRomeusandJuliet

Dramaticcriticismfromthepastandpresent:commentariesbySamuelJohnson,SamuelTaylorColeridge,MichaelGoldman,SusanSnyder,MarianneNovy

Acomprehensivestageandscreenhistoryofnotableactors,directors,andproductionsofRomeoandJuliet,thenandnow

Text,notes,andcommentariesprintedintheclearest,mostreadabletype

Up-to-datelistofrecommendedreadings

　　《罗密欧与朱丽叶》讲述地是两个家族世代为仇，但双方的儿女罗密欧与朱丽叶却一见钟情。迫于家族之间的仇杀，两人秘密举行了婚礼。后罗密欧因替友复仇刺死了朱丽叶的表哥而被放逐，朱丽叶也面临被逼婚的窘境，服安眠药装死。罗密欧赶回，不明真相，自杀殉情。朱丽叶苏醒以后，见爱人已死，也在悲痛中结束了自己的生命。阴差阳错，令人扼腕顿足。

【作者简介】

WilliamShakespearewasborninStratford-upon-AvoninApril1564,andhisbirthistraditionallycelebratedonApril23.Thefactsofhislife,knownfromsurvivingdocuments,aresparse.HewasoneofeightchildrenborntoJohnShakespeare,amerchantofsomestandinginhiscommunity.WilliamprobablywenttotheKing'sNewSchoolinStratford,buthehadnouniversityeducation.InNovember1582,attheageofeighteen,hemarriedAnneHathaway,eightyearshissenior,whowaspregnantwiththeirfirstchild,Susanna.ShewasbornonMay26,1583.Twins,aboy,Hamnet(whowoulddieatageeleven),andagirl,Judith,werebornin1585.By1592ShakespearehadgonetoLondonworkingasanactorandalreadyknownasaplaywright.Arivaldramatist,RobertGreene,referredtohimas"anupstartcrow,beautifiedwithourfeathers."Shakespearebecameaprincipalshareholderandplaywrightofthesuccessfulactingtroupe,theLordChamberlain'sMen(laterunderJamesI,calledtheKing'sMen).In1599theLordChamberlain'sMenbuiltandoccupiedtheGlobeTheaterinSouthwarkneartheThamesRiver.HeremanyofShakespeare'splayswereperformedbythemostfamousactorsofhistime,includingRichardBurbage,WillKempe,andRobertArmin.Inadditiontohis37plays,Shakespearehadahandinothers,includingSirThomasMoreandTheTwoNobleKinsmen,andhewrotepoems,includingVenusandAdonisandTheRapeofLucrece.His154sonnetswerepublished,probablywithouthisauthorization,in1609.In1611or1612hegaveuphislodgingsinLondonanddevotedmoreandmoretimetoretirementinStratford,thoughhecontinuedwritingsuchplaysasTheTempestandHenryVIIuntilabout1613.HediedonApril231616,andwasburiedinHolyTrinityChurch,Stratford.Nocollectededitionofhisplayswaspublishedduringhislife-time,butin1623twomembersofhisactingcompany,JohnHemingesandHenryCondell,puttogetherthegreatcollectionnowcalledtheFirstFolio.

　　莎士比亚，英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家、诗人。公元1564年4月23日生于英格兰沃里克郡斯特拉福镇，1616年5月3日病逝。代表作有悲剧《哈姆莱特》、《奥瑟罗》、《李尔王》、《麦克白》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，喜剧《第十二夜》、《仲夏夜之梦》、《威尼斯商人》、《皆大欢喜》、《爱的徒劳》，传奇剧《辛白林》、《冬天的故事》，历史剧《亨利四世》、《理查二世》等共三十七部。 莎士比亚被誉为“英国戏剧之父”、“时代的灵魂”，马克思称他为“人类最伟大的天才之一”。

【目录】

Shakespeare: An Overview vii

  Biographical Sketch vii / A Note on theAnti-Stratfordians,Especially Baconians and Oxfordians xi / TheShakespeare Canon xv / Shakespeare's English xviii/ Shakespeare'sTheater xxvi / A Note on the Use of Boy Actors in Female Rolesxxxiii / Shakespeare's Dramatic Language Cos-tumes, Gestures andSilences; Prose and Poetry xxxvi/The Play Text as a Collaborationxliii / EditingTexts xlix /Shakespeareon the Stageliv    

Introduction lxiii

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Textual Note

A Note on the Source of Romeo and Juliet

Commentaries

　SAMUEL JOHNSON  From The Plays of WilliamShakespeare                    

　SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE  From The Lectures of 1811-1812,Lecture VII

　H. B. CHARLTON From.Shakespearian Tragedy

　MICHAEL GOLDMAN  Romeo and Juliet: The Meaning of aTheatrical Experience

　SUSAN SNYDER  Beyond Comedy: Romeo and Juliet

　MARIANNE NOVY  Violence, Love, and Gender in Romeo'andJuliet

　SYLVAN BARNET  Romeo and Juliet on Stage and Screen

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