Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare When William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in approximately 1595, England had a great deal in common with fourteenth-century Italy, the era in which the play takes place. As in fourteenth-century Italy,...

. The three Romances of Antiquity, the Roman de Thèbes (ca. 1152), the Roman d’Énéas (ca. 1160), and the Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (ca. 1165), made classical antiquity accessible to a vernacular audience. All...

play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. An authorized quarto appeared in 1599, substantially longer and more reliable. A third quarto, based on the second, was used by the editors...

Used as a substitute name for any man who is acting like a lover, a kind of apprentice Don Juan. The allusion is obviously to Shakespeare’s character in Romeo and Juliet ‘I’ve had enough of your carrying on, Romeo,’ says a woman...

Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths" ultimately unite their feuding households. The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic...