William Shakespare

a cura di G. Canazza
 The immortal story of Romeo and Juliet is re-lived in this new graphic version of the intense passion of two of the most famous Shakespearian protagonists.
 The two very young lovers are ready to go against their families to stay together, and, with the help of a friendly nanny and a clever friar, they finally get married.
 However, pride, hate and fate are just around the corner…
 Five short and engaging extensions give some additional interesting information on this 400-year-old work, its context and its outstanding author. 
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Summing-up Activities
 
 Rivivi le forti emozioni, la fiera passione e la terribile tragedia del breve ma bruciante amore che sconfigge la morte in questa nuova versione disegnata della storia di Romeo e Giulietta, due dei più famosi protagonisti shakespeariani.
 I due giovani amanti sono pronti a sfidare l’odio delle loro famiglie pur di sposarsi e, con l’aiuto di una servizievole tata e di un frate mescola-intrugli, riescono finalmente a coronare il loro sogno, anche se l’orgoglio, l’autoritarismo e il destino sono dietro l’angolo…

William Shakespeare

Act 1 – Fights and Love in Verona

Extension: The Globe Theatre

Act 2 – Secret Plans

Extension: Sonnet CXXX

Act 3 – Love and Deaths in Verona

Extension: Juliet’s house

Act 4 – Secret Plans, Again

Extension: Romeo and Juliet – then and now!

Act 5 – Tragedy

Extension: Dire Straits’ “Romeo and Juliet”

Summing-up activities

List of characters

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N THE GLOBE THEATRE the globe theatre was built in London in 1599 by Shakespeare s theatre company,  the Lord chamberlains  men , and was destroyed by fire in June 1613. a second globe theatre was built on the same site1 by June 1614 but was later closed in 1642 by the puritans, who didn t approve of the art of acting. a modern reconstruction of the globe, named  Shakespeare s globe , opened in 1997 approximately 230 m from the site of the original theatre and is still used as a museum and a theatre. the globe theatre was the most beautiful theatre of the time and it could hold2 thousands of people. experts say that it didn t just show plays, but was also used as a brothel3 and a gambling house4. the elizabethan general public (the commoners) paid 1 penny to stand in the  pit5 , while the gentry6 paid 2 or 3 pennies to sit in the galleries (it depended if they needed a cushion!). Rich nobles, on the other hand, could watch the play from a chair on the side of the stage. the audience of the globe never had time to get bored: in just two weeks it could offer eleven performances of ten different plays! above the theatre was a small tower with a flagpole7. On the day of the performance a flag with a picture of the next play was put out. colours were also used: black for tragedies, white for comedies and red for histories. 1. site: a place where a building is located. 2. hold: to contain something/somebody. 3. brothel: a house where people pay to have sex. 4. gambling: the activity of playing games of chance for money. 5. pit: area at the base of the stage. 6. gentry: people belonging to a high social class. 7. flagpole: 18 

2 Secret Plans Act BEFORE READING 1 predictions. tick what you think is going to happen in the story. a. Romeo and Tybalt meet outside the Capulets  house and fight. b. Romeo leaves his friends and looks for Juliet. c. Romeo and Juliet meet in the Capulets  garden and argue. d. Lord Capulet orders Juliet to marry Paris. e. Juliet stands on her balcony and Romeo tells her he wants to marry her. f. The nurse doesn t want to help Juliet because she prefers Paris to Romeo. g. Romeo and Juliet get married in secret. h. A religious man, Friar Lawrence, makes the celebration of the marriage difficult. 2 match each of these words which you ll find in the chapter with its definition. a. Cell b. Wing c. Friar d. Madness e. Darkness f. Groom g. Sorrow h. Bride 3 1. A man on his wedding day. 2. Without any light. 3. A small room with little furniture in which a monk, a nun or a prisoner lives. 4. A woman on her wedding day. 5. A religious man. 6. One of the parts of the body of a bird or insect that it uses for flying. 7. Crazy or stupid behaviour that could be dangerous. 8. A feeling of great sadness because something very bad has happened. choose some words from the previous activity and complete these sentences. a. If Romeo marries Juliet, he will become her ......................................... . b. Romeo and Juliet meet in the Capulets  garden during the hours of ............................................. . c. ................................... Lawrence lives in a ................................... of a wonderful church next to the central Market Square in Verona.   19 

Vivi la passione travolgente di Romeo e Giulietta in una nuova versione grafica, arricchita di emozioni e dramma.

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