Romeo and Juliet

by Alistair McCallum, William Shakespeare

"Oxford Bookworms Playscripts can be used as readers and for performances. The series includes fully illustrated classic and contemporary plays, complete with introductions, performance notes, and character lists. Exercises and glossaries that explain key topic vocabulary are also included.

48 pages, Paperback

Published August 17, 2000

Reviews

[gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

She's only thirteen?! Anyway, this is a text adaption of a script of Romeo & Juliet, so it was meh (Because you're reading a script obviously). But yeah, thirteen?!!!

[Louise Verhaegen]

It is about two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, who live in the same city called Verona, but they are enemies. When the family Capulets organise a masquerade ball, Romeo, the son of lord Montague, and his cousin Benvolio went to it secretly. But when Romeo saw the beautiful Juliet he was in love. The only thing they did not know was that Juliet was the daughter of lord Capulet. The two were head over heels in love, but it was wrong. They wanted to be together and love each other and planned to run away together, because lord Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of the prince. It sounded too good to be the truth and did not go well. It was a tragic ending for the two lovebirds.

The book reads like a script, you have no details. It was a bit different, but you understand the book well. They explain what is going on. The only thing is that it does not have a happy ending, but it is a nice sign of loving each other and sticking together.

You must read this because it is a beautiful book, and it is a classic. If you have not seen the movie yet, it is even more exciting when you do not know what is going on. I have already seen the movie, so it wasn’t such a shock when I read the ending. Hopefully I convinced you to read the book too and have fun reading it.

[Femke Laurent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Romeo and Juliet, a true classic, adapted to a more easy level for students to read is truely a must-read book. The book itself is written like a stage play, making it more authentic and clear who is saying what. Instead of chapters, the book is written in acts. Everyone has heard the tale of these two, but once you\'ve actually read it, you\'ll feel emotions you\'ve never felt before! At first the book is something to get used to, because of how it\'s written but after that, the story really keeps you up at night. It\'s heartbreaking how much you want the two characters to be happy together even though you know they\'ll never be. You\'ll be furious at both families for being so stubborn and annoying. And you\'ll be surprised when victims start to fall. This book is a very nice way to learn understanding and reading English. The book also contains pictures at the chapter of actors playing the story. It adds life to the book and it gives off a nostalgic feeling. I think everyone should read , or at least try, this book simply because it\'ll change your view on love, life and family.

[Imke van daele · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the most famous of all Shakespeare's plays, a story of passionate young love between Romeo and Juliet. A story about how a name can affect so much that it drives young people to do things that they shouldn’t do.
i like that it is written as a play, its something different than other books. there is no unnecessary information, this makes it easier to read for me otherwise it might get boring. This is the only book that i really wanted to finish because it read so easily, most likely because it is also thin. Because it is so easy to read it doesn’t take long to finish it, what may be a good thing because then you know what happens between Romeo and Juliet. I’ve seen the movie so i knew what was going to happen, this made it less off a shock because you already know the ending. The story itself is of course beautiful, it shows that you really shoudn’t care about the other ones name or origin but that u only should look at the person itself despite what other people might think about it.

[Móňa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only thirteen?!😳

[Sara Corsus · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read Romeo and Juliet, a book from the Oxford Bookworms. This book has 700 words in it and I was very surprised by that. When I took a First look at the book I saw instantly
that it was a screenplay. This was something new for me because I had never read something like that.
Now that I have finished the book I am very disappointed. The way this story is written I find boring. The sentences are very monotonously and due to the small amount of details in the story, it looks coarsely described. When I was reading I got the feeling that I’ve only got the outline of the story. Even the famouse scene where Juliet says: ‘O Romeo, Romeo’ wasn’t in the book. I think I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone, if you want to read this beautiful love story you could better read the original version or at least a longer version.
I understand that the makers of this book wanted to shrink a story so that people can learn English, but I think Romeo and Juliet wasn’t the right story for that. The drama and emotions in the original story made the story just so interesting and compassionate. It’s regrettable that they left this out.

[Lena · Rating 1 out of 5]

Also ordered the wrong version, I was so sad :(

[Alexandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although it’s a script, it’s very well conceived and the main story of Romeo and Juliet is understandable in this short summary

[ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

JULIET IS ONLY 13??????????????????

[Masoumeh Yaghuobi · Rating 4 out of 5]

نمیدونم چرا حین خوندنش همش یاد داستان لیلی و مجنون میفتادم داستان جالبی بود اما همچنان ترجیح من ایرانی هاست

[Satomi Ito]

1 OXFORD/lovestory/STAGE2
2 80minutes
3 follow/family/medicine/love/fight/enemies/unhappy
4 When are you unhappy?--I am unhappy when I can't talk with you.
5 Two family was in Italy, and both avoided it each other in old days. Two people of the different family's social standing fall in an encounter, love at a dance of one day. It is murdered a close friend, and Romeo loses reason. And I murder mischief brothers of Juliet. Romeo was ousted from the town. Juliet follows it so that there is it with Romeo. Two people continued chasing each other later and died. The both families which grieved by the death of two people were reconciled with each other.I was impressed to read this story very much. I thought that the figure of two people who were considerate of each other was very splendid.

[Kentaro Iijima · Rating 4 out of 5]

-OXFORD, level 2.
-Time: 12/12 = 80 minutes.
-7-word summary: love, friend, man, woman, country, wall, fiction
-Discussion questions:
1.Can you accept woman who are decided to marry to you by your parents?
I am sure that I can accept. However it is up to woman. lol
2.do you want to marry?
In the future, I want to marry and have children.

This story is the most famous story of Shakespeare. We should read it in our life.
This book is briefing of original story. I want to try reading original story.

[Natsuki Kanbe · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Oxford / stage2

2. 80 minutes

3. love/enemies/fight/family/medicine/dead/marry

4a. You are a Montague and I am a Capulet. They're just names, they don't mean anything.
4b. I like this because Romeo and Juliet love each other in spite of their families are enemies.

5. I've heard this title many times, but I've never read or watch it. I was surprised that the hero and heroine died at the end.

[Kirari Morita · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. Oxford L.3
2. 80 min.
3. love, enemy, family, cousin, fight, marry, dead
4 a) You are a Montague and I'm a Caplet. They are just names, they don't mean anything.
b) I agree this phrase because they love each other, so it cannot be helped!
5. This story was fleeting love story. This story is famous around the world but I know the story for the first time. Before reading Romeo and Juliet can get married but...I had never dreamed that they died.

[金井彩音 · Rating 4 out of 5]

1 OXFORD/lovestory/STAGE2
2 4/13,4/17=80minutes
3 Verona/Montague/Capulet/love/fight/enemies/unhappy
4 Can you die with your partner?-No.I think I want to live instead of my partner.
5 I had heard of that title, but I had never read that before. I enjoyed reading this book. Their love is beautiful.

[Daiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

OXFORD, Level2
It took 90 minutes.
Word summery- love, cousin, enemy, father, Velona, marry, fight,
Q and A- Whatever happned, can you keep loving someone?
It is difficult for me.

Review- I know Romeo and juliet, but I don't know in detail.
Even their parents fight each other, they love each other.
I felt how strengh of love.

[Suye Han · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is one of the fourth tragedy of Shakespeare. I do not read tragedy often but I liked this story that expresses the feeling of Romeo and Juliet who loved each other so deeply but couldn't accomplished. The scene Romeo and Juliet dies was a lot sorrowful because they couldn't accomplish their deep love forever.

[Ayoub Atif · Rating 5 out of 5]

i want to read this book

[Sena]

ı want this read book