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The Plague In Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo & Juliet The many plays Shakespeare created are true marvels. There was one that stood out among the rest, though. The name of this play was called ‘Romeo and Juliet’, a sweet story of forbidden love, with some death thrown into the mix. The first performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ took place in the autumn/winter of 1594, when the playhouses reopened for the first time after an outbreak of the plague had forced the police to close all the playhouses in London in January 1593. Over this time, an approximated 15,000 people were killed due to the plague, and Shakespeare emphasizes the relevance of the plague for his audience by using it in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to prevent Friar Laurence's message from reaching Romeo in Mantua. So as we can
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