A refreshing contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy
In an exclusive boys' boarding school, where students are forbidden to read Romeo &Juliet, four students put on a secret production of the play which brings violence, betrayal, lust, love and mortality into their own lives.
"This is a thrilling piece of work, both study aid and gripping theatre"
John Peter, The Sunday Times
"I'd forgotten the play could be so good. I seemed to hear the words for the first time" Jeremy Kingston, The Times
"Prepare for a bracing and brilliant shock to the system...an inspired new theatrical take on this early masterpiece" Paul Taylor, Independent
This award-winning play, which ran for a year in New York, is published to tie in with the Arts Theatre, London run in early September 2003
ISBN: | 9780413774026 |
Publication date: | 18th September 2003 |
Author: | Joe Calarco, William Shakespeare |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 83 pages |
Series: | Modern Plays |
Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |