His surviving works include nearly 40 plays and over 150 sonnets, and his body of work is widely performed, analyzed, studied, and reinterpreted to this day. Shakespeare died in 1616 of a rumored “fever” just a month after creating a will in which he declared himself to be in good health. In 1609, he published a book of sonnets, and released other long poems in the mid-1590s while London’s theaters were closed due to the plague. His theatrical career likely began in the mid-1580s, and between then and 1613, he composed such works as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, the Henriad, Julius Caesar, Othello, and many more. There is a gap in the historical record between the birth of Shakespeare’s twins and his first recorded appearance on the London theater scene in 1592. She later bore two more children-one of whom, Hamnet, died at the age of 11. At 18, Shakespeare wed a woman eight years his senior, Anne Hathaway just six months after their marriage, Hathaway gave birth to a daughter. His father was a glove-maker and assemblyman in Stratford-upon-Avon, and his mother was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Friar Laurence explains the story, and the Capulets and Montagues agree to end their family feud.William Shakespeare was born in 1564. The Capulets, Montagues, and the Prince of Verona all enter the tomb and wonder what went on. She refuses, sees Romeo dead next to her, stabs herself with Romeo's sword, and dies. He hears noises and tries to persuade Juliet to leave with him. Just as Juliet wakes up from the potion the friar gave her, the friar enters the tomb. Romeo kills him, drinks the poison he bought, and dies. Paris, who had entered previously, but had been hiding, recognizes Romeo as a Montague and challenges him. Romeo enters at the Capulet tomb and sees Juliet (apparently) dead. He buys a vial of poison from an apothecary and returns to Verona. Romeo doesn't know that it is a fake death because he never gets the message from the friar. His servant Balthasar enters and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. The Capulets all enter with Paris and decide to have a funeral.
The next morning, Nurse enters and finds Juliet in her bed, apparently dead. Her father is so delighted with her obedience that he decides to move the wedding up one day, to the very next day (Wednesday). She reenters the stage (now at home) and agrees to marry Paris. He gives her a potion that will make it appear as though she is dead. They exit and Juliet enters in the friar's cell. She refuses, but her father says he will disown her if she does not comply. The friar will not allow Romeo to take his own life, and convinces him to go and see Juliet to say goodbye to her.Ĭapulet enters and arranges for Juliet to marry Paris in three days. Hiding in Friar Laurence's cell, Romeo tries to commit suicide. He quickly flees the scene before he hears that the Prince has exiled him from Verona.
Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo in response, kills Tybalt. Mercutio, a friend of Romeo's, is angered by Tybalt and challenges him to a duel. He meets Romeo and starts a fight with him, as he is angry that Romeo was at the Capulet feast. Later that afternoon, Tybalt, a nephew of Lady Capulet, enters. Romeo seeks the help of Friar Laurence, who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, in hopes that the marriage will end the feud between the two families. Romeo and his friend and confidant, Friar Laurence, enter. They decide to marry the next afternoon and they exit the stage. Here, they proclaim their love for each other. After the feast, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and visits Juliet. At the feast, Romeo meets Juliet, the daughter of Capulet.
His friend and cousin, Benvolio, enters and decides that they will go to the Capulet feast, in disguises, so he can prove to Romeo that other pretty women exist. He has recently been denied the love of Rosaline. The stage opens with servants of the Capulet and Montague families. Prince Escalus of Verona warns the two families that if the feud does not stop, the punishment will be death. The Capulets and the Montagues cannot seem to get along, and there have been many deaths among the two families because of it. For many years, an on-going feud between two families has caused much disruption in the city of Verona, Italy.
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