{"product_id":"2940045845120","title":"Shakespeare for Slackers: Romeo and Juliet","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou know, back in the day, Shakespeare wasn't considered elite. Oh sure, his plays were performed for royalty, but they were actually written for tradesmen, shopkeepers, average Joes, anybody who could pay a penny for a ticket. Mostly he wrote plays for the common man, using the language of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimes have changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Shakespeare for Slackers: Romeo and Juliet, not only do you get the original play written by William Shakespeare, but you also get what a few of us think he probably would have written if he were still around today. (And if he sat around watching a lot of television.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Shakespeare translated, retold, vandalized, brutalized, and outright demolished to suit the language of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy? Because we can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Five Rivers Publishing info@5rivers.org","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083079270640,"sku":"2940045845120","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045845120_p0.jpg?v=1763683932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045845120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}