Shakespeare's R & J

(Paperback, New Edition - New ed)

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A refreshing contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy

In an exclusive boys' boarding school, where students are forbidden to read Romeo &Juliet, four students put on a secret production of the play which brings violence, betrayal, lust, love and mortality into their own lives.

"This is a thrilling piece of work, both study aid and gripping theatre"

John Peter, The Sunday Times

"I'd forgotten the play could be so good. I seemed to hear the words for the first time" Jeremy Kingston, The Times

"Prepare for a bracing and brilliant shock to the system...an inspired new theatrical take on this early masterpiece" Paul Taylor, Independent

This award-winning play, which ran for a year in New York, is published to tie in with the Arts Theatre, London run in early September 2003

Author Bio

Joe Calarco is a theatre director whose adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's R&J) ran for a year off-Broadway, and won him a Lucille Lortel Award. He is currently an Artistic Associate at Signature Theatre, Virginia.