Guide Note:Romeo and Juliet is a classic tragedy by William Shakespeare.
Fast Facts:
- Most well-known of Shakespeare's plays
- Ranks with Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's most-performed plays
- Written between 1591 and 1596
- Exact date of the first performance unknown but was performed prior to 1597
- Is a dramatisation of Arthur Brooke's narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
- Produced at least 51 times on TV and film alone
- Main Characters:
- Romeo
- Juliet
- Tybalt
- Mercutio
- Friar Lawrence
- Famous Quotes:
- "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
- "What light through yonder window breaks?"
- "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
