The taming of Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.(Critical essay)

The Explicator;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......conventional assumptions that see Juliet as Romeo's passive beloved, I believe...other hand, between the way Juliet handles Romeo and the techniques falconers...falconer and of Romeo as her bird : JULIET. [to Romeo after midnight] ... I would...

`Romeo and Juliet' get the ho-hums: More misses than hits in...

The Washington Times;  February 7, 1997 ;     633 words ......Stage's current production of Romeo and Juliet. The sudden street clash comes...a whack at one another. Poor Romeo and Juliet, young lovers who come from opposite...problems with family and friends, Romeo and Juliet are bedeviled by bad luck. They...

Not to Be; In Old Verona, a Riskless 'Romeo and Juliet'

The Washington Post;  April 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ..."Romeo and Juliet" is a high-pressure tragedy -- torrid...won't, of course. The audience knows "Romeo and Juliet" as a story of passion and danger...midnight rendezvous. Kavanaugh does give Romeo and Juliet a semi-charmed moment in their first...

Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Romeo And Juliet: Act 5

Monarch Notes;      700+ words ......English, Columbia University Romeo And Juliet: Act 5 Act V - Scene 1 The...entire last act has dealt with Juliet since Romeo's absence. Vivid in our minds...Balthasar can answer any of these, Romeo asks again about Juliet, "For nothing can be ill if...

Juliet's taming of Romeo.(Tudor and Stuart Drama)

Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......criticism, in particular, of Romeo and Juliet largely overlooks Juliet, viewing...the warm, unfolding passion of [Romeo and Juliet's] love declarations. (5) My...a less romantic mode in which Romeo and Juliet woo each other in these two scenes...

Romeo and Juliet

The Stranger;  November 3, 2005 ;     276 words ...Romeo and Juliet is almost a comedy--its wit and ironies...choices and a few creaky performances, Romeo and Juliet gets the important, but often overlooked...copyright Index Newspapers LLC. Photograph (ROMEO AND JULIET; Tybalt and Mercutio, the doomed scene-steale...

Misshapen chaos of well-seeming form: Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet

Literature/Film Quarterly;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......level knows that the plot for Romeo and Juliet was inspired by much more than...1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which one reviewer described...1990's of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which has elicited very little...

Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene II

The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      700+ words ......That I might touch that cheek! JULIET: Ay me! ROMEO: She speaks: O, speak again...sails upon the bosom of the air. JULIET: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo...50 Henceforth I never will be Romeo. JULIET: What man art thou that thus...

Reviews: Romeo and Juliet: Orchestra is out of step with the dancers

Evening News - Scotland;  November 11, 2002 ;     414 words ...Romeo and Juliet The Festival Theatre *** THE dancers...Edinburgh - is the best that there is. His Romeo and Juliet is not up to the same standard, even...if she would never come down. And in Romeo and Juliet's pas-de-deux, she twisted her body...

'Romeo and Juliet' still resonates

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 22, 2002 ;     573 words ...'Romeo and Juliet' still resonates Compelling production...opened a special student production of "Romeo and Juliet." More than 400 years separate the...an engaging and accessible taste of "Romeo and Juliet." It's actually more than a taste...

Review: Romeo and Juliet; Further Than The Furthest Thing: Shakespeare...

The Scotsman;  February 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ROMEO AND JULIET, CITIZENS' THEATRE, GLASGOW **** FURTHER...Gregory Thompson's flawed but exciting new Romeo and Juliet at the Citizens', which sets this most...Luhrmann's film version, in other words, this Romeo and Juliet makes pretty perfect sense, even borrowing...

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" 3.2.2-4.

The Explicator;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Phaeton myth, just as the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1) begins to unfold in earnest...follows. Shortly after meeting Romeo, Juliet describes his substance as dear...but Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet / All slain, all dead (3.2.122-...

Familiar 'Romeo and Juliet' gets a jolt of rebel energy

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 12, 2005 ;     675 words ...'ROMEO AND JULIET' recommended When: Through June 19...all know to be the tragic outcome of "Romeo and Juliet," the line also offers a hint of the...have visited Verona, the backdrop for "Romeo and Juliet," know that it remains a city of palpable...

'Romeo and Juliet': Such Sweet Sorrow

The Washington Post;  January 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......moment is a new adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," a production that, owing to...more exhilarating finish in the "Romeo and Juliet" they are presenting at the Rosslyn...heightened emotional tempests of "Romeo and Juliet," suggesting that few notions...

CONDENSED `ROMEO AND JULIET' PLAYS TO EVEN SHARPER...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 28, 1996 ;     444 words ......means, this production of ``Romeo and Juliet'' is it: theatrical in the sense...One theatrical element in ``Romeo and Juliet'' that Giomi has not condensed...Theatrical or not, one element in ``Romeo and Juliet'' is pure daily news, current...