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René Weis is a freelance author and Professor of English at University College London. He has a written on a wide variety of subjects, including Edith Thompson (of the infamous 'Thompson and Bywaters' murder case in the 1920s), the last Cathar insurgency in the Pyrenees in the Middle Ages, and a biography of Shakespeare. As a professional Shakespearian, he has published extensively on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, his publications including editions of Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Henry IV Part 2, and an Oxford World's Classics edition of the works of John Webster. A lifelong lover of opera, he also contributes regular pieces to the programmes for Royal Opera House productions. ...more

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Romeo and Juliet
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King Lear: Parallel Text Ed...
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Henry IV, Part 2
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The Yellow Cross: The Story...
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Shakespeare Unbound: Decodi...
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The Real Traviata: The Song...
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Criminal Justice: The True ...
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Ill Met by Moonlight
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“Even today the French capital occasionally still gives off an aura of vernal romance and excitement, although modern Paris is a spectral reflection of its vibrant past. It too has succumbed to the corrosive torpor of global blandness and uniformity.”
― René Weis, [The Real Traviata: The Song of Marie Duplessis] [By: Weis, René] [November, 2015]
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“One of the many sorrowful aspects of the story of Marie Duplessis is that she was mourned by so many for so long because she died very young. Most of her contemporaries outlived her, which is why many now underwent the eerie experience of seeing one of their own turned into fiction and myth while they were still only in their twenties or early thirties.”
― René Weis, [The Real Traviata: The Song of Marie Duplessis] [By: Weis, René] [November, 2015]
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