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Searching for Juliet : The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

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ISBN: 9781529365153
AuthorDuncan, Sophie
Pub Date06/04/2023
BindingTrade PB
CountryIRL
Dewey
Publisher: John Murray
Quick overview Searching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind William Shakespeare's child bride to the boy actor who inspired her creation onstage. From enslaved people in the Caribbean to Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann, and beyond.
€19.54

Juliet Capulet is the heartbeat of the world's most famous love story. She is an enduring romantic icon.

And she is a captivating, brilliant, passionate teenage girl who is read and interpreted afresh by each new generation.


Sophie Duncan draws on rich cultural and historical sources and new research to explore the legacy and reach of Romeo and Juliet far beyond the literary sphere.

With warmth, wit, and insight, she shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for every

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Juliet Capulet is the heartbeat of the world's most famous love story. She is an enduring romantic icon.

And she is a captivating, brilliant, passionate teenage girl who is read and interpreted afresh by each new generation.


Sophie Duncan draws on rich cultural and historical sources and new research to explore the legacy and reach of Romeo and Juliet far beyond the literary sphere.

With warmth, wit, and insight, she shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for every

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