The seven essays in this volume cover a broad spectrum of topics on Romeo and Juliet. Students and scholars will find here a rich and diverse collection of approaches and ideas regarding one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.

Philip Edwards aims to bring the reader, playgoer and director of Hamlet into the closest possible contact with Shakespeare's most famous and most perplexing play. In his introduction Professor Edwards considers the possibility that Shakespeare made important alterations to Hamlet as it neared production. These would explain some of...Read more