Romeo and Juliet

This new edition of Romeo and Juliet for South African schools and collages has been updated to include comprehensive text notes and commentary throughout. As well as the complete script of the play, this edition includes: an eight-page photographic gallery of scenes from various productions of the play informative background information on Shakespeare and Elizabethan England an introduction to the play, its themes and characters a synopsis of the action in each scene line-by-line test notes giving explanations of unfamiliar words, interpretations of meanings, and stimulating commentary a selection of notes, illustrations, ideas and activities to increase your understanding of the play questions providing valuable examination practice a list of references offering suggestions for further reading and other useful resources an extensive glossary of useful words and literary terms."