Shakespeare's R & J
by Joe Calarco

A refreshing contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare''s tragedy In an exclusive boys'' boarding school, where students are forbidden to read Romeo &Juliet, four students put on a secret production of the play which brings violence, betrayal, lust, love and mortality into their own lives.

''This is a thrilling piece of work, both study aid and gripping theatre'' John Peter, The Sunday Times '' I''d forgotten the play could be so good.

I seemed to hear the words for the first time'' Jeremy Kingston, The Times ''Prepare for a bracing and brilliant shock to the system...an inspired new theatrical take on this early masterpiece'' Paul Taylor, Independent ''This award-winning play, which ran for a year in New York, is published to tie in with the Arts Theatre, London run in early September 2003'