Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English Literature, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of Willia
′Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!For I ne′er saw true beauty till this night.′Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare′s Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audien
經典中的經典人生如戲你的喜怒哀樂、愛恨痴仇盡在莎翁的故事裡「to be or not to be, this is a question.」〈哈姆雷特〉「玫瑰即使不叫玫瑰,依然芬芳。」〈羅密歐與茱麗葉〉寫出無數經典名句的莎士比亞是西方文藝史上最傑出的劇作家、詩人,他大膽使用口語創作,並加入許多文字遊戲,嶄新的嘗試使他的作品成為劃時代傑作,更被後世譽為經典中的經典,數百年來對文學、戲劇甚至是現代英文
From one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays. Romeo's family and Juliet's are enemies. The young people meet without realizing each other's identities, and fall in love. At first, it seems that their se
《羅密歐與茱麗葉》描述在義大利維洛那的兩大家族,聲望相當,卻是多年的世仇。兩大家族的兒子女兒,一對命運多舛的戀人,最終結束了自己的性命。他們用令人同情又不必要的死亡,埋葬了兩對父母的仇恨……“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” 那是東方,茱麗葉就是太陽!(Act II, Scene II)“Give me my Romeo. When he shall
十九世紀英國教育極重視莎翁作品,1806年英國作家高德溫(William Godwin)邀請了查爾斯.蘭姆(Charles Lamb)協助「少年圖書館」的出版計畫,查爾斯於是和姊姊共同合作,將莎翁的劇本改寫為適合青少年閱讀的故事,而出版了《莎士比亞戲劇故事集》(Tales from Shakespeare)。 本書採用蘭姆姊弟(Charles and Mary Lamb)改寫的故事,不同於莎翁的原