Romeo and juliet Notes
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What’s romeo and juliet about?
1.“William shakespeare early in his career about two young star- crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. One of his most popular plays during his lifetime. “
What happened to romeo and juliet?
2.“Lawrence letter fail to reach romeo, so he assumes that his wife is dead He rushes to Juliet tomb in deep grief, drinks a vial of poison. Moments later she wakes up and finds romeo dead and kills herself due to grief. Once the families discover what happened, they finally end their bitter feud.”
3.William on the play romeo juliet
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As william shakespeare clearly did not want his work published details of the play would have been noted, and often pirated without his consent, following the play.”
Dated first performance ?
5) “It is to believe that the play was first performed between 1594 to 1595. There was a huge demand for new entertainment and the tragedy would have been produced immediately following the completion of the play.”
Settings?
6) The setting of the production are Verona and Mantua in Italy
Most important characters In the story
7) The most important characters in the story are: Montague and juliet Capulet
https://www.rsc.org.uk/romeo-and-juliet/.../key-moments...
Facts about romeo and juliet
8) The first words of Romeo and Juliet are in the form of a sonnet. This prologue reveals the ending to the audience before the play has properly begun.
“The play can be considered as a companion piece to that staged by the Mechanicals at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Here the young lovers take their lives in earnest, but in A Midsummer Night's Dream the story of Pyramus and Thisbe becomes comic entertainment for three sets of
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It contains some of Shakespeare's most beautiful poetry, including the sonnet Romeo and Juliet share when they first meet.
Although a story of passionate first love, the play is also full of puns. Even in death, Mercutio manages to joke: 'ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man'.
Juliet is only 13 at the time she meets and marries Romeo, but we never learn his exact age.
Like king Lear, the play was adapted by nahum tate, changing the story to give it a happy ending.
In 1748, the famous david garrick staged a film version which did not include any mention of Romeo love for Rosaline, because garrick felt this made a tragic hero appear too fickle
In march 1662, Mary Saunderson became almost certainly the first woman to play juliet on a professional stage. Until the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, sometimes women were not allowed to perform in public.
Romeo and juliet, alongside hamlet, is probably shakespeare’s most performed play and has also been adapted in many forms throughout its history his most popular play.”
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