Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It is among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but,...
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Author:William Shakespeare
Number of editions:38

Author of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616
Education:King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38...
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Additional works by William Shakespeare
BookCopyright DateGenre
A Midsummer Night's Dream Comedy
Venus and Adonis
The Rape of Lucrece
The Passionate Pilgrim
Hamlet
Cymbeline
Othello
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Tempest
The Taming of the Shrew
Henry IV, Part 2
Richard II
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Henry V
King John
Henry VI, part 3
Love's Labour's Lost
Timon of Athens
Measure for Measure Fiction
Henry VI, part 1
Richard III
Antony and Cleopatra
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Troilus and Cressida
The Merry Wives of Windsor
As You Like It
The Merchant of Venice
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Coriolanus
The Comedy of Errors
Henry VIII
Henry IV, Part 1
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Macbeth
Titus Andronicus
Much Ado About Nothing
The Klingon Hamlet Science Fiction
The Oxford Shakespeare
First Folio
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet October 1, 1999 Speculative fiction
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare 1907 Children's literature
OTHELLO
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The sonnets
... Macbeth
The works of Shakspere
Shake-speares Sonnets Non-fiction
The dramatick works of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Life of King Henry the Fifth
Shakespeare's Othello, the moor of Venice
Henry the Sixth, part I[-III]
The master mistris
Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies
The tragedy of Coriolanus (1623)
Richard the Third
Shakspeare's Othello, the Moor of Venice
Twelfe night, or, what you will
The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
Shakspeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The comedy of error
The poems of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra
King Richard the Second
Shakespeareś The merchant of Venice
All's well that ends well. Introd. and designs by Osbert Lancaster
The first part of King Henry IV
The first part of King Henry the Fourth
Henry the Eighth
Lucrece (1594)
Shakespeare's comedy of Much ado about nothing as presented by Edwin Booth
Shakespeare's tragedy of King Richard II
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The love of woman
Venus and Adonis (1593)
Shakspere quarto facsimiles
Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet
a comedy
Shakespeare's Macbeth
The beauties of Shakespeare
The complete works of William Shakespeare
The dramatic works of William Shakespeare
The first part of Henry the Fourth
Hamlet, prince of Denmark
Henry the Fifth
Henry the Fourth, part I[-II]
Julius Caesar as presented by Edwin Booth
A Midsummer nightś dream
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies
Othello, the moor of Venice
The plays and poems of William Shakespeare
The plays of William Shakespeare
The poems of Shakespeare
Richard the Second
The Riverside Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet
The second part of King Henry the Fourth
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Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio
Mercutio

Mercutio is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's 1597 tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. He is a close friend of Romeo and Benvolio, and also a...
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Tybalt
Tybalt

Tybalt is a fictional character from the 2012 drama romance film Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet quotes

  • He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

    - Romeo Montague
  • These violent delights have violent ends...

    - Friar Lawrence
  • If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.

    - Mercutio

Film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet

TitleReleasedRatedGenre
Romeo Must Die R (USA) Martial arts, Action, Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Thriller
Tromeo & Juliet R (USA) Cult, Parody, Comedy
Romie-0 and Julie-8 Science Fiction
Romeo + Juliet PG-13 (USA) Romance Film, Crime Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Romeo and Juliet PG (USA) Roadshow theatrical release, Tragedy, Costume drama, Romance Film, Film adaptation, Epic, Romantic drama, Drama
Romeo and Juliet Drama
Romeo and Juliet Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white, Shakespearean tragedy, Short Film, Romance Film, Drama
China Girl Indie, Romance Film, Drama
Romeo and Juliet Silent film, Black-and-white, Lost film, Drama
Pizza My Heart
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss G (USA) Family Film, Animation, Romantic fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Children's/Family
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride G (USA) Animation, Family Film
Amar te duele R (USA) Romance Film, World cinema, Romantic drama, Drama
Chicken Rice War Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Comedy
Romeo and Juliet Drama
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child Anime, Romance Film, Fantasy, Animation, Japanese Movies
Love Is All There Is R (USA) Indie, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Comedy
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Adventure, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Action, Action/Adventure, Drama
Romeo and Juliet Romance Film, Costume drama, Drama
Romeo and Juliet Externally Synchronized Sound
Romeo and Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet G (USA) Animation, Comedy, Family Film, Family Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance Film, Adventure Comedy, Children's Fantasy, Children's/Family, Fantasy Comedy, Drama
Underworld R (USA) Horror, Thriller, Action, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Werewolf fiction
Bollywood Queen Musical, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Drama
Rose by Any Other Name... Comedy
Valley Girl R (USA) Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Teen, Comedy of manners, Coming of age
Romeo and Juliet Romance Film, Drama
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow Comedy, Short Film
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Series containing Romeo and Juliet

Shakespearean tragedy
Shakespearean tragedy

Shakespeare wrote tragedies from the beginning of his career. One of his earliest plays was the Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus, which he followed a few years later with Romeo and Juliet. However, his most admired tragedies were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608. These include his...
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