This section contains suggestions for further reading and numerous useful websites.

Unpublished essay by Thomas H. Band T.D., LL.B and Steven J. Taylor B.A., Dip. Theol. The Ancient Charnel House, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon June 1984. Housed in the Records Office, Shakespeare Centre, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-Upon-Avon.


Durband, Alan, ed. Shakespeare Made Easy: Romeo and Juliet. Cheltenham: Hutchinson Education, 1990.

Gibson, Rex, ed. Cambridge School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Cambridge: CUP, 2003.

Gibson, Rex. Cambridge Student Guide: Romeo and Juliet. Cambridge: CUP, 2002.

Gill, Roma, ed. Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Oxford: OUP, 2001.

McCallum, Alistair. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: A Guide. Trowbridge: Upstart Crow Publications, 1997.

Polley, John. York Notes for GCSE: Romeo and Juliet. London: York Press, 2002.

Rosenthal, Daniel Shakespeare on Screen (Hamlyn, Octopus Publishing Group, 2000) - a vital resource for anyone interested in Shakespeare on film. Try complaining to the publishers if annoyed that they have allowed it to go out of print?!


Greaves, Simon. Teaching Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet KS3 Sevenoaks: Timber Frame Publications, 2003.

Page, Philip and Marilyn Pettit, ed. Livewire Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003.


Jackson, Russell. Shakespeare at Stratford: Romeo and Juliet. London: Thomson Learning, 2003.

Loehlin, James N., ed. Shakespeare in Production: Romeo and Juliet. Cambridge: CUP, 2002.


Burdett, Lois. Shakespeare Can Be Fun!: Romeo and Juliet for Kids. Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books, Ltd., 1999.

Garfield, Leon. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, All Twelve Abridged Plays in One Volume. London: Egmont, 2002.

Lisle, Rebecca. The Shakespeare Collection: Romeo and Juliet. London: Hodder Children's Books, 2002.

McCaughrean, Geraldine. Stories from Shakespeare. London: Dolphin Paperbacks, 2003.

Williams, Marcia. Mr William Shakespeare's Plays. London: Walker Books, 1998.


Burningham, Hilary. The Graphic Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 2003.

Greaves, Simon. Comic Book Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Sevenoaks: SLP Educational Publications, 2001.


Evans, G. Blakemore, ed. Romeo and Juliet. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge: CUP, 2003. Updated edition.

Gibbons, Brian, ed. Romeo and Juliet. The Arden Shakespeare. London: Methuen and Company, 2002. Reprint.

Romeo and Juliet: Playgoer's Edition. The Arden Shakespeare. London: Methuen and Company, 1997.

Spencer, T.J.B. Romeo and Juliet. The New Penguin Shakespeare. London: Penguin, 1996. Reprint.


Here are some sites you might find useful:


http://www.cln.org/themes/romeo_juliet.html it contains a lesson plan archive and on-line exploration of the text.


http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/bach/rnj24/rj1968.html
An introduction for teachers to Zeffirelli's 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet by Ali McGraw.

http://www.drama21c.net/shakespeare/shinlove%20(3).htm
A point by point comparison of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) with Leonardo di Caprio and Clare Danes and Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet (1968) with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting.

http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/RomeoJuliet.pdf
An exhaustive guide in PDF format aimed at students preparing for the GCSE.

http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/pdfs/romeo.pdf
A study guide focusing on the portrayal of Romeo and Juliet on film. It was developed by Pacific Cinémathèque, a centre devoted to film study in Western Canada.

http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/
Official website of the Baz Luhrmann film. Featuring images, cast biographies, information on the film production, and interactive games.

http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/ShksprInLove/shake13.html
Film Education Guide to Shakespeare in Love. Although this guide is not dedicated to Romeo and Juliet, it includes a discussion of how the play is adapted for inclusion within the film Shakespeare in Love.


http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/shakespeare/webguide.html.
A teaching unit where grade 9 (UK Year 8) students study the relationship between character and plot through three student activities which involve Internet use.

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/Tragedy/romeoandjuliet/romeoandjuliet.html
Complete online text of play for the MIT Shakespeare.

http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/Texts/Rom/index.html
Complete online text edited by Roger Apfelbaum for the Internet Shakespeare.

http://www.laguna.k12.nm.us/r&j/
Laguna Middle High School's Online Exploration of Romeo and Juliet. A website "designed to assist middle level educators and students in understanding and analyzing this classic play." Featuring activities for students and curriculum ideas for teachers.

http://www.westga.edu/~kidreach/rnjlesson.html
Kidsreach: The Online Reading Center: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Contains multimedia lesson plans targeted to Grade 9 (UK Year 8), anticipation guides, and on online writing lab.

http://ns2.d20.co.edu/kadets/shakespeare/shaktch.html
"Shakespeare Alive!" Teaching Materials. A website with teaching guides and activities for students, including creative writing and role Play.

http://www.ulen.com/shakespeare/plays/r&j/
"Surfing With the Bard Play Zone: Romeo and Juliet". Website with links to study guides, teachers' guides, student activities, online texts, illustrations and more.

http://jjorg.chem.unc.edu/personal/monroe/shakespeare/romeojul.html
Online summary of the play.

http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/shakespeare.html
Englishbiz Shakespeare: Guide to Romeo and Juliet. Website designed to help students prepare Romeo and Juliet for GCSE students, with links to study guides, essay suggestions, and an introduction to the play.

http://www.etni.org.il/teachers/jack/master.htm
Romeo and Juliet Master Frames Page. An online teaching guide designed by Mae Boyar High School in Jerusalem. Geared to teachers working with English as a Second Language (ESL )students.

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/education/shakespeare/index.html
The Shakespeare Gallery. A website helping teachers integrate pictorial arts resources when teaching Romeo and Juliet. It features image pages and was prepared by the Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/playanalysis/romeoandjuliet.html
Shakespeare Online: Analysis of Romeo and Juliet. Website offers analyses of main characters and suggestions for essay topics.


http://www.folger.edu/education/getlesson.cfm and http://www.folger.edu/education/getarchive.cfm
Complete archive of lesson plans from the Folger Institute Library's Teaching Shakespeare Institute. The Romeo and Juliet plans are listed below:

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=171
" 'Oh, She is Lame': Students will read, talk, listen, think, watch, analyze, discern, and write in order to explore the relationship between Juliet and the Nurse in Act 2, scene of Romeo and Juliet. This plan covers Romeo and Juliet, 2.5."

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=166
" 'Any Man That Can Write May Answer a Letter: Romeo and Juliet 1.1.159-247 This lesson can be extended throughout the play with other scenes. It can also be adapted to the study of any other Shakespeare play."

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=50
" 'Here's much to do with hate, but more with love': Types of Love in Romeo and Juliet."

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=167
("I Dreamt a Dream": Any Renaissance play with dream imagery: Romeo and Juliet (1.3, 1.4, 2.2, 5.1, 5.3) or A Midsummer Night's Dream (1.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=155
("17th Century Pick-up Lines: 'Your words like musick please me:' Romeo and Juliet 2.2.46-145")

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=188
("17th Century Rules of Marriage")

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=165
("Figurative Language Alive: Balcony Scene Charades: Romeo and Juliet 2.2)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=52
("Folded Paper Brainstorming:" Creative paper exercises help students examine Shakespeare's use of characterization.)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=183
("Get Thee to Wife!: " examining arranged marriage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and The Merchant of Venice)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=34
("Jottings from Juliet:" students write diary entries from Juliet's perspective)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=174
("Page to Stage: This lesson examines Romeo and Juliet 1.5.104-117 but is an appropriate introduction to any Shakespeare text work" This lesson examines how actors work on understanding the text as part of the rehearsal process).

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=151
("Parenting 101: Students will examine Romeo and Juliet in the context of three excerpts from The Office of Christian Parents: Shewing How Children Are To Be Gouerned throughout All Ages and Times of Their Life.")

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=76
("Recreating the Capulets' Feast: Since food and feasting are important in Romeo and Juliet, students will use the Internet and primary sources to research Renaissance food and drink. Students will compile Renaissance recipes and clip art for a miniature cookbook that the Capulets' servants could have used. This plan covers Romeo and Juliet 1.3.106-110; 1.5.1-17; 4.4.1-17.")

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=27
("Scatterbrained Soliloquies: Small groups of students will look at a famous soliloquy or monologue whose lines have been written on separate pieces of paper and then scrambled. As the students work to reassemble their scrambled passages, they will become more aware of sentence structure, meter, meaning, characterization, and vocabulary.)

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=69
("The Full Bodied Romeo: This lesson will help students understand Romeo's confusion at the beginning of the play; students will also, through full body engagement, come to understand the text in a kinaesthetic manner. By giving a physical representation of the words in Romeo's oxymoronic speech, students will experience the words' emotional power. This lesson covers Romeo and Juliet 1.1.180-188.")

http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=127
"The Tragedy of ?: After reading one of Shakespeare's tragedies, students sometimes ask, "Why is this play called The Tragedy of Hamlet or Julius Caesar? Why couldn't the play be called The Tragedy of Ophelia or Brutus?"? In many of Shakespeare's tragedies, the secondary characters support the main character as the primary tragic figure. Or do they? This lesson will allow students to examine the term "tragedy".? It will guide students to scrutinize each of the plays' characters and eventually lead them to discover what makes a character tragic."


http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1986/1/86.01.06.x.html
Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute: "Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story: Time Stands Still in Literature" by Cheryl E. Merritt "This unit can be taught in the middle school, grades 6-8. It is designed for slow learners, but not limited to slow learners. The suggested teaching time for this unit is eight to ten weeks. It includes discussion questions, questionnaires of facts, vocabulary study, lesson plans, and lists of books, films, and recordings for both teachers and students."

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=303
"You Kiss by the Book: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" A lesson plan focusing on plot and characterization in the play, including how to analyze imagery and evaluate Shakespeare's use of literary conventions.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/plan_romeo_procedures.html
"Great Performances: Online Education Guide to Romeo and Juliet" Features lesson plans geared for students in grades 9 to 12.


http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/cs/us/10/teachersguides/romeojuliet.html
"Penguin Classics' Teachers' Guide to Romeo and Juliet" Extensive, easy-to-use guide featuring synopsis, brief literary overview, bibliography for further reading, and suggested activities for students.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/teachers/romportfolio2.html
"Cliff Notes' Teachers' Lounge: Teaching Romeo and Juliet". An extensive, seven-part guide to teaching the play, including a discussion Shakespeare in the context of his time, examinations of plot, setting and character, and comparative literature techniques.

http://www.engl.uvic.ca/Faculty/MBHomePage/ISShakespeare/RJCourse/RJtoc.html
An introduction to the play based on the "Shakespeare II, Individual Studies" taught at the University of Victoria and Open University of British Columbia by Michael Best.

www.coe.ilstu.edu/seat/UD/romeo.pdf
A PDF guide on the play designed by Grade 9 (UK Year 8) teachers.


http://www.clicknotes.com/romeo/
Complete online study guide to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Use it to understand the plot, characters, and themes.

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/love-in-the-arts/romeo.html
"Study Guide for Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet"

http://www.shunsley.eril.net/armoore/gcse/romeo.htm
"Studying Romeo and Juliet". An online study guide designed for GCSE students.

http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/romjul.html
"Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare". Brief study guide examining characters and key themes.

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/
"Spark Notes from Barnes and Noble: Romeo and Juliet" Study guide with a scene-by-scene breakdown of the play.

http://www.enotes.com/romeo/
"Enotes: Romeo and Juliet" Comprehensive study guide featuring introduction to the play, complete text and critical commentary

http://www.bookwolf.com/Free_Booknotes/Romeo___Juliet/romeo___juliet.html
Bookwolf Online Free Booknotes: Romeo and Juliet Features scene by scene summary and study questions

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/romeoandjuliet.html
Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Webpage with links to other sites, including the Folger Study Guides.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/romeojl.asp
Barron's' Booknotes: Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Very helpful study guide featuring an introduction to Shakespeare and his time, a summary of the story, critical commentary, and a bibliography.

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/rj/PART1.htm
Bookrags.Com Study Guide: Romeo and Juliet Features scene by scene summary and a discussion of tragic concepts.

http://www.guthrietheater.org/act_III/studyguide/toc.cfm?id_studyguide=11770716
Guthrie Theatre Study Guides: Romeo and Juliet Study guide prepared by the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis. Features chronology, information on Shakespeare's life, synopsis, critical essays, glossary, and discussion of the Guthrie's production