THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET OWC:PB,This innovative edition offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the short, or 'bad', quarto of 1597, regarding each as witness to a 'mobile text' which changed in composition as Shakespeare wrote it and which has continued to evolve throughout its richly varied history, both in the theatre and in film, television, opera, and ballet. The more familiar 1599 text is accompanied by a detailed explanatory commentary. The Introduction traces the Romeo and Juliet narrative from its origins in myth through its adaptation in the novella, and shows how Shakespeare's transmutation of the story reflects contemporary concerns with love, death, adolescence, and patriarchism. * A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's best loved and most frequently performed and studied plays. * Provides clear and comprehensive annotation for the student. * Unlike all other available editions of the play, this edition offers the Q1 text, the so-called bad quarto in full as well as the familiar Q2 text. * illustrated with scenes from film as well as stage versions from different era