{"product_id":"romeo-and-juliet-and-west-side-story-paperback","title":"Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo perennial classics--William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet \u003c\/i\u003eand the Broadway musical \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e--in a single volume \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this theme and fashioned one of the world's great plays: \u003ci\u003eRomeo And Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e. In our own time, Shakespeare's drama has been used as a basis for the overwhelmingly successful musical play \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e. Though one of these works is set among the nobility of Verona, and the other among immigrant families of New York's West Side, both tell the story of the plight of young star-crossed lovers.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this theme and fashioned one of the world's great plays: \"Romeo And Juliet. In our own time, Shakespeare's drama has been used as a basis for the overwhelmingly successful musical play \"West Side Story. Though one of these works is set among the nobility of Verona, and the other among immigrant families of New York's West Side, both tell the story of the plight of young star-crossed\" lovers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Norris Houghton writes in his introduction: \"What we see is that all four young people strive to consummate the happiness at the threshold on which they stand and which they have tasted so briefly. All four are deprived of the opportunity to do so, the Renaissance couple by the caprice of fate, today's youngsters by the prejudice and hatred engendered around them.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poets and playwrights will continue to write of youthful lovers whom fate drives into and out of each other's lives. The spectacle will always trouble and move us, even as the two dramas in this volume do today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorris Houghton was a theatrical producer and designer and cofounder of the Phoenix Theatre. He served as the first dean of the division of theater arts and film at State University of Purchase, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Bettenbender--who provided extensive notes for \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet--\u003c\/i\u003ewas an actor and playwright as well as a director.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.8 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 1965\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755892146464,"sku":"9780440974833","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2a7d5903f760d736112cc8935606982.webp?v=1780070463","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/romeo-and-juliet-and-west-side-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}