Romeo And Juliet & West Side Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Two of the greatest love stories ever written — separated by four centuries — are united in a single, electrifying volume. William Shakespeare's immortal tragedy Romeo and Juliet chronicles the doomed romance of two young lovers torn apart by their feuding families in Renaissance Verona, while Arthur Laurents's celebrated musical play West Side Story transplants that timeless conflict to the gang-ridden streets of 1950s New York, reimagining the Montagues and Capulets as rival street gangs in a setting crackling with social tension and urban poetry. Together, they form an unmissable meditation on love, hatred, and the forces that conspire to destroy the innocent. The pairing is a masterstroke of literary curation, inviting readers to trace the DNA of one of the most enduring narratives in Western culture — from the Renaissance stage to the Broadway spotlight. Shakespeare's verse, with its soaring lyricism and moral gravity, finds a compelling mirror in Laurents's sharp, contemporary dialogue and Leonard Bernstein's implied rhythms. With an illuminating introduction by the distinguished theatre scholar Norris Houghton, this volume argues persuasively that the greatest stories are not bound by time or place — leaving the reader to wonder: what form will this eternal tragedy take next?
Author: William Shakespeare / Arthur Laurents
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Two of the greatest love stories ever written — separated by four centuries — are united in a single, electrifying volume. William Shakespeare's immortal tragedy Romeo and Juliet chronicles the doomed romance of two young lovers torn apart by their feuding families in Renaissance Verona, while Arthur Laurents's celebrated musical play West Side Story transplants that timeless conflict to the gang-ridden streets of 1950s New York, reimagining the Montagues and Capulets as rival street gangs in a setting crackling with social tension and urban poetry. Together, they form an unmissable meditation on love, hatred, and the forces that conspire to destroy the innocent. The pairing is a masterstroke of literary curation, inviting readers to trace the DNA of one of the most enduring narratives in Western culture — from the Renaissance stage to the Broadway spotlight. Shakespeare's verse, with its soaring lyricism and moral gravity, finds a compelling mirror in Laurents's sharp, contemporary dialogue and Leonard Bernstein's implied rhythms. With an illuminating introduction by the distinguished theatre scholar Norris Houghton, this volume argues persuasively that the greatest stories are not bound by time or place — leaving the reader to wonder: what form will this eternal tragedy take next?