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Romeo and Juliet[罗密欧与朱丽叶]

内容简介

Eacheditionincludes:Freshlyeditedtextbasedonthebestearlyprintedversionoftheplay.Fullexplanatorynotesconvenientlyplacedonpagesfacingthetextoftheplay.Scene-by-sceneplotsummaries.Akeytofamouslinesandphrases.AnintroductiontoreadingShakespeare'slanguage.Anessaybyanoutstandingscholarprovidingamodernperspectiveontheplay.IllustrationsfromtheFolgerShakespeareLibrary'svastholdingsofrarebooks.TheFolgerShakespeareLibraryinWashington,D.C.,ishometotheworld'slargestcollectionofShakespeare'sprintedworks,andamagnetforShakespearescholarsfromaroundtheglobe.Inadditiontoexhibitionsopentothepublicthroughouttheyear,theFolgeroffersafullcalendarofperformancesandprograms.

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.

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