Romeo and Juliet

As one of the world''s greatest love stories Romeo and Juliet continues to excite new theatre-goers readers and film-goers. Its depiction of tragic lovers strikes a chord in each generation of young people and seems to speak in their own idiom. As such it reflects and allows us to analyse changing attitudes to sex in a violent world. This collection of contemporary essays raises topical debates about the nature of love conventions as well as offering new insights into Shakespeare''s text.