List of Illustrations Introduction The Romeo and Juliet Narrative before Shakespeare Myth Novella ‘Romeo and Juliet’: The Play Love, Death, and Adolescence Patriarchy Style and Genre (a) Rhetoric (b) Tragedy, Comedy, Sonnet Performance History Initial Staging Restoration to the Late Twentieth Century Date(s) The Mobile Text Quarto 1 (1597) Quarto 2 (1599) and its Derivatives Quarto 1 and Quarto 2: Provenance Editorial Procedures Abbreviations and References THE MOST EXCELLENT AND LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET AN EXCELLENT CONCEITED TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET (QI) Index
