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| Romeo & Juliet: Text of the play, notes & related readings [From Folger Shakespeare] |
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| Listen & Read Online [+ PDF] | Audiobook [Destiny] | Interactive eBook: About the text |
- Complete Audiobook of Romeo & JulietFrom YouTube via Librivox & Mr Bruff.
Related Links
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| Summary: Imagery and Symbols of Light and Dark | Essay: R & J is as much a story of hate as it is of love | Article: The Supporting Cast |
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| Romeo & Juliet Navigator | Intro. to plot, themes & characters | Article: Reading Shakespeare's Language |
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| Study Guide | Study Guide + Videos | Article: The Supporting Cast |
- Essay: Heroism Against the Odds: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet [PDF]SOURCE: Fisher, J. & Silber, E. (2003), "Women In Literature: Reading through the Lens of gender," Greenwood Press, London, pp 250-252.
- Contextual Summary of Romeo & Juliet [PDF]From the British Library.
- Interview: Great Lovers: Romeo and Juliet [Listen & Read]
Interview by Amanda Smith. (54 to 64 minutes long - depending on chosen listening speed) - Blog post: "I want it that way": Rosaline & JulietBy Austin Tichenor (October 28, 2022) People love attempting to rewrite Romeo and Juliet. In both Rosaline, a charming teen romcom streaming on Hulu, and & Juliet, a splashy new musical making its Broadway debut this week, Shakespeare’s tragedy becomes a surprising springboard for music, comedy, and investigations into narrative ownership.
- Blog post: Baz Luhrmann’s movie Romeo + Juliet turns 25By Carla Della Gatta (November 2, 2021) In this blog post, Carla Della Gatta writes about Luhrmann’s movie Romeo + Juliet—and how, partly in homage to West Side Story, it Latin-ized the Capulets and their followers, including Tybalt, played by John Leguizamo.
- Blog post: West Side Story: A new Take on Romeo & Juliet, 60 years laterBy Carla Della Gatta (January 4, 2022) Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story isn’t a mere remake of the 1961 film or a filmic version of the 1957 stage musical . . . Instead, it is a layering of theatrical devices, a Hollywood riff on both a famous musical and a Shakespearean story for twenty-first century audiences.
- Further Reading: Romeo & JulietExtracts from various published essays and articles. (2023)
- Poem: Romeus and Juliet by A, Brooke (1562)Shakespeare's primary source for Romeo and Juliet was Arthur Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, first published in 1562, two years before Shakespeare's birth, and reprinted in 1587, about eight years before the first performance of Romeo and Juliet.
Source of the Story of Romeo and Juliet
The story is based on Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe. Shakespeare liberally borrowed from a narrative poem called The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet. This poem was first published in 1562 by Arthur Brooke. Sadly, Brooke perished in a shipwreck in 1563, soon after its publication.
Videos - General
Of Pentameter & Bear Baiting - Romeo & Juliet Part 1: Crash Course English Literature #2
In which John Green examines Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written. Have you ever wanted to know what iambic pentameter is?
SOURCE: Crash Course Literature (2012), posted on YouTube [12:41 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/I4kz-C7GryY
Love or Lust? Romeo and Juliet Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #3
In which John Green returns to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to explore the themes of true love, lust, and whether Romeo and Juliet were truly, deeply in love, or they were just a pair of impetuous teens. John looks into how the structure and conventions of society in medieval Verona led to the star-crossed lovers' downfall. Along the way, you'll learn about courtly love and medieval responsibility to church, family and society.
SOURCE: Crash Course Literature (2012), posted on YouTube, [10:10 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/9J4hoAatGRQ
Bitesize Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
The teenaged children of two warring families, Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall in love. The play tells the story of their attempts to be together, but sadly all is destined to go wrong in the end. The most obvious theme in Romeo and Juliet is that of love, but the play deals with many other important ideas too. Shakespeare invites us to examine the importance of fate, death, honour, friendship and duality. All of these themes are still relevant today, which is why the play is still popular after all these years.
SOURCE: BBC (2014), Rated E, available from ClickView, [4:53 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/uEOp
Romeo and Juliet with Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes discusses William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad and Stephen Sodenheim.
SOURCE: ABC (2014), Rated PG, available from Clickview, [51:12 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/T80n
Male aggression in Romeo and Juliet - Detailed analysis [Duration: 26.10 mins]
Detailed analysis by Claire's Notes of the theme of male aggression in Romeo and Juliet.
SOURCE: Claire's Notes (Jan 17, 2021), Male aggression in Romeo and Juliet, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/pgD5RQR7U8g
Teaching and Learning Links
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| Romeo & Juliet interactive reader | Lesson: "You kiss by the book" | Close reading excerpts |