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Each table is arranged alphabetically by the specific work, then by the language of the translation. Translations are then sub-arranged by date of publication (earliest-latest). Where possible, the date of publication given is the date of the first edition by that translator. More modern editions/versions may be available.
This is a list of translators of one or more works of William Shakespeare into respective languages. Translator Target language A. de Herz: ... Modern English:
[182] [k] The word "Romeo" has even become synonymous with "male lover" in English. [183] Romeo and Juliet was parodied in Shakespeare's own lifetime: Henry Porter's Two Angry Women of Abingdon (1598) and Thomas Dekker's Blurt, Master Constable (1607) both contain balcony scenes in which a virginal heroine engages in bawdy wordplay. [184]
Shakespeare's Early Modern English [6] was a time of great linguistic change for the English language. [7] One change that was then taking place was the Great Vowel Shift, which changed the pronunciation of long vowels. [7] Many words of Early Modern English were pronounced differently from today's standard pronunciation of Modern English. [7]
In the famous speech of Act II, Scene II [1] of the play, the line is said by Juliet in reference to Romeo's house: Montague. The line implies that his name (and thus his family's feud with Juliet's family) means nothing and they should be together. Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Romeo and Juliet, adapted as a musical, presented in 1985 and published in 1986. Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, 1988, 2001, 2010. Alex Healey's A Different Kind of Christmas, 1989. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, 1991. Shakespeare's A Mid-summer Night's Dream, 1992, in verse and prose. Romeo and Juliet, the full verse translation, 1993, 2009.
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Oxford University Press first published a complete works of Shakespeare in 1891. Entitled The Complete Works, it was a single-volume modern-spelling edition edited by William James Craig. [1] [2] This 1891 text is not directly related to the series known as the Oxford Shakespeare today, which is freshly re-edited.