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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's tragic romance has inspired music, dance, art, literature, theatre the world over for centuries. It is the best introduction to Shakespeare. This little site hopefully will help to point you to the best resources and works based on these iconic characters.
You will find a mix of serious and fun elements.
Facts, Study Guides & Teaching Aids
- BBC - Shakespeare
- BBC's Shakespeare Home Page with some great activites eg '60 Second Shakespeare' - make a 60 second video competition and other projects.
- Wikipedia
- Excellent and informative as always
- Artsedge - Kennedy Center
- Shakespeare's England
The Story
Making Connections to the Arts
Bringing the Story to the Classroom - Spark Notes
- Free online Study Guide
- Web English Teacher
- Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English / Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.
- No Sweat Shakespeare
- Modern English translation of Romeo and Juliet
- Teach with Movies
- he TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide provides background and discussion questions to help teachers and parents explore these issues with young viewers. A review of the Guide will enhance the appreciation of the play for adults and children alike.
Some fun links
- The Juliet Club
- Every year 4000 letters are sent to Juliet in Verona where there is a team of volunteers to answer them. On Valentine's Day a prize is awarded by the club to the best letter. The club also runs a "Writing for Love" literary prize for book written on the theme of love.
- Romeo & Juliet by Guinea Pig Theater
- A hilarious cartoon version of Romeo & Juliet.
- Romeo & Juliet in L33T speak
- L33T speak or "133t sp34k" is the esoteric language which has evolved from message boards and chat rooms and messaging and texting and is in the domain of the young and incomprehensible to us oldies.
VERONA
Home town of Romeo and Juliet
- Verona, Italy
- Verona is the beautiful setting for Romeo and Juliet (also Two Gentleman of Verona). Visit my Verona squidoo lens to know all about Verona.
- Somewhere to stay in Verona
- We have an apartment in the center of Verona which we rent when we are not using it.
- Where is Verona exactly?
- Verona is in the Veneto region about 80 miles from Venice in North East Italy - see map here.
- Get married in Verona
- Verona is popular as a venue for weddings and honeymoons. Here is a service to smooth the preparations for you.
Food and Drink
- Baci di Giulietta
- Baci di Giulietta, or Juliet's Kisses are small chocolate cookies flavored with ground toasted almonds which are sandwiched together in pairs with chocolate filling. Here is the recipe.
- Baci di Romeo
- Baci di Romeo, or Romeo's Kisses, are small almond flavored cookies are sandwiched together in pairs with chocolate filling. Paired with Juliet's Kisses, they make a great addition to any cookie tray.
- BarMeister.com - Drink Recipe - Romeo & Juliet
- Recipe for a Romeo & Juliet cocktail.
Music, Opera and Ballet
The story of Romeo and Juliet inspired many musical works. Over 24 operas were composed. The better known works are:
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette - Symphonie dramatique
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture - symphonic poem
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, ballet
Bernstein: West Side Story
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet / Corella · Ferri - Kenneth MacMillan (Teatro alla Scala 2000)
DVD
The Ballet performed at La Scala, Milan in 2000
Gounod - Roméo et Juliette / Alagna, Gheorghiu, van Dam, Keenlyside, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson
Boxed set of 3 audio CDs
Romeo & Juliet Films
Romeo & Juliet
DVD
The 1968 film directed by Zeffirelli and starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey
Amazon Price: $8.49 (as of 12/23/2009) 
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (Special Edition)
DVD
The 1996 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, directed by Baz Luhrmann and set on Verona Beach
Amazon Price: (as of 12/23/2009)
Recommended Books & Music
Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
This is two books in one: the text of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" and the text of "West Side Story," the 20th century musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 12/23/2009)
West Side Story Edition: Vocal Selections
Song book featuring 8 vocal and piano arrangements from the film
Amazon Price: $13.25 (as of 12/23/2009)
West Side Story (Special Edition Collector's Set)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/23/2009)
West Side Story
West Side Story is based directly on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- The Official West Side Story site
- This page explains the sources used
Romeo & Juliet on eBay
Romeo & Juliet books, cd's, DVDs, art, collectibles at bargain prices
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Romeo y Julieta: Great Cigars
- Romeo y Julieta cigars
- Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic for Altadis SA.
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
See other Romeo & Juliet for the original video I had up: This used to for 'Romeo and Juliet' by Dire Straits but youtube made me swap the song because of licencing laws...so it doesn't make as much sense as it should given I edited it for the Dire Straits song! I thought i'd leave it up as it's still fits quite nicely (if accidentally) to this piece.
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Trailer for Zefirelli's 1968 film Romeo & Juliet
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