This exciting new edition of "Romeo and Juliet" includes a new 32-page section of activities focusing on the four key areas of assessment for the KS3 Shakespeare Test.This Heinemann Shakespeare edition of "Romeo and Juliet" includes: stimulating scene-by-scene activities structured around Character, Theme, Language, Performance and Plot; extensive guidance and accessible exploratory activities focusing on the play as a whole; and, accessible notes and summaries to help ensure students' understanding.
A young boy and girl meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred and tragedy.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.
