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   Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?

   • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, penned in the early stages of his career and first performed around 1596, is a timeless tragedy that unfolds in the city of Verona. This play tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets.

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   How is Romeo & Juliet portrayed?

   • The characters of Romeo and Juliet have been depicted in literature, music, dance, and theatre. The appeal of the young hero and heroine—whose families, the Montagues and the Capulets, respectively, are implacable enemies—is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative type of star-crossed lovers.

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   What happens in Romeo and Juliet?

   • This play tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love defies the social and familial boundaries that seek to keep them apart. Their ill-fated romance leads to a series of tragic events, culminating in the untimely deaths of the titular characters.

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   Did Shakespeare write Romeo & Juliet?

   • Excerpt from David Garrick's 18th-century adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Romeo takes the poison but is still conscious when Juliet awakens. The two then speak dialogue not written by Shakespeare. Shakespeare sets the scene in Verona, Italy.

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   A short summary of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Romeo and Juliet.

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   • Romeo and Juliet begins as the Chorus introduces two feuding families of Verona: the Capulets and the Montagues. On a hot summer's day, the young men of each faction fight until the Prince of Verona intercedes and threatens to banish them.
   • Romeo lingers near the Capulet house to talk with Juliet when she appears in her window. The pair declare their love for one another and intend to marry the next day.
   • Following the secret marriage, Juliet's cousin Tybalt sends a challenge to Romeo. Romeo refuses to fight, which angers his friend Mercutio who then fights with Tybalt.
   • Friar Laurence helps Juliet by providing a sleeping draught that will make her seem dead. When the wedding party arrives to greet Juliet the next day, they believe she is dead.

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   2 days ago · Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. The appeal of the young hero and heroine is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative of star-crossed lovers.

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   • Romeo and Juliet is about a young hero and heroine whose families, the Montagues and the Capulets, respectively, are ferocious enemies. Romeo and J...
   • Shakespeare’s principal source for the plot of Romeo and Juliet was The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a long narrative poem written in 1...
   • Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy.
   • The characters of Romeo and Juliet have been continuously depicted in literature, music, dance, and theatre. The premise of the young hero and hero...
   • Some of the most distinct film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet are Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of the same name, which notably cast actors sim...

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   Plot Summary. An ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues breaks out again on the streets of Verona. Both sides are warned by Prince Escalus that they must not disturb the peace again, on pain of death. Romeo, love-sick for Rosaline, is comforted by his friend Benvolio.

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   In her room, Juliet waits longingly to consummate her marriage with Romeo that night. When the nurse arrives with Romeo's rope ladder, Juliet learns of her cousin Tybalt's death. Though conflicted, she grieves Romeo's banishment above all. The nurse promises to quickly fetch Romeo for Juliet.