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Section 1: Texts

Core

  • Multimedia
    • Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann, Twentieth Century Fox, 1996
    • Romeo and Juliet, Franco Zeffirelli, Paramount Pictures, 1968
    • Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition, William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon and Schuster, 2014
  • Digital Access
    • “Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare?,” Cindy Tumiel, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013
    • “William Shakespeare: Legendary Wordsmith,” History Channel, 2016
  • Tradebook
    • Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon and Schuster, 2004

Optional

  • Unit Reader
    • Excerpts from “Preface to Shakespeare,” Samuel Johnson, Jacob Tonson; Project Gutenberg, 1765