Romeo y Julieta (Paperback)

from LisaMaria_C

Just cultural literacy alone demands you read this play; which I actually think is among Shakespeare's most readable and lyrical, with indelible, lovely lines. It ranks among my favorite of his because of the way he both expresses the beauty of young love as well as the potential destructiveness ...

from eddy_liu2

11/04/11 Romeo & Juliet is a dramatic play and a beautiful story written by William Shakespeare. It is a tragic love story between two households that held a grudge against each other and is set in Verona, Italy, Elizabethan times. When Romeo saw Juliet, he fell in love with her instantly. Even t...

from DinadansFriend

While designing a board game based in Verona, Italy in the 1400's, I ended up reading the play 14 times. It stands up very well. If you're looking for a brilliant treatment in a film, the Francesco Zefferelli version is near perfect. Try to get a version that doesn't edit the Tibault/Mercutio swo...

from cbfiske

One of my favorite Shakespeare plays. Very hard for me to step back and give an objective review of this one, which has managed to hold my attention for many years. This last rereading proved to be no exception. I find that I've subconsciously memorized some of the dialogue over the years and sti...

from PilgrimJess

“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume” This is probably Shakespeare's best-known plays but like probably the majority I hadn't previously read it. I actually find this a hard book to review simply because I knew what ...