Re: GEN: Romeo and Juliet - Middle School Version

[Edith Fuller <efuller@TELEPORT.COM>]

 The Professional Library purchased several titles from the series:
Shakespeare for Young People, published by Swan Books.

  Swan Books
  P.O.Box 2498
  Fair Oaks, CA 95628 USA
  SAN: 212-7016

 Part of the bib record for Romeo and Juliet follows:

     AUTHOR   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

      TITLE   Romeo and Juliet for young people / by William Shakespeare
;
              edited and illustrated by Diane Davidson.
  PUBLISHER      Fair Oaks, Calif. : Swan Books, c1986.
     DESCR.      61 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

    SUMMARY      An abridged version of Shakespeare's original text,
with
                 suggestions for simple staging. Includes parenthetical
                 explanations and descriptions within the text and
announcers
                 who summarize deleted passages.

Cheers.

Edith Fuller
Librarian, Professional Library
Portland Public Schools
Portland OR 97208

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---On
Tue,
30 May 2000, FRAN SPENCER wrote:

> An 8th grade English teacher remembers a teacher when she was at another school
> suing a version of Romeo and Juliet especially geared to middle schoolers.  It
> may or may not have been abridged.  There was vocabulary help in the margins,
> she believes.
>
> If anyone can steer me to anything like this, I'd be very grateful.  TIA!
>
> Fran
> Fran Spencer
> Library Media Specialist
> Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus
> 40 E. Dundee Road
> Barrington, IL 60010
>
> e-mail   fspencer@cusd220.lake.k12.il.us
> phone    847 842-2066
> fax      847 304-3986
>
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Edith M. Fuller
efuller@teleport.com

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