ThiseditionofRomeoandJulietwansbegunfromscratchin1973,andisbasedonthefirst‘goodQuartoof599;the‘badQuartoof597hasbeentakenfullyintoaccount,amumberofitsreadingspossbible.OnlyafewnotestowardshisprojectededitionweremadebyJohnCrowbeforehismuchregertteddeath,andcolletedbyProfessorM.M.Mahood.However,Crow`viewsonanumberofeditorialproblemsintheplaywereexpressedinanarticle。