And it's not just a school favorite it's an audience favorite, too. Along with Julius Caesar, it's typically one of the first Shakespeare plays studied by Western students, who get a dose of Elizabethan theater, Shakespearean language, and, of course, love poetry. The balcony scene alone (Act 2, Scene 2 in most editions of the play) is one of the most memorable and recognizable moments in all of Western literature.Р”Вespite its fancy pedigree, Romeo and Juliet is also considered to be one of Shakespeare's most accessible works.

Shakespeare made the story immortal-or, at least extremely long-lived. Ever heard of the Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet? Yeah, we thought not. Shakespeare adapted the storyline from Arthur Brookes' popular Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), a long English poem based on a story that dates back to a novella by Masuccio Salernitano called ' Mariotto and Giannozza' (1476). Considering the state of printing press technology at the time, that's kind of a big deal. It wasn't a sleeper hit, either: the play was so popular in its own time that it was published twice during Shakespeare's life (15). 1595) is now considered to be the greatest love story of all time.

Written at the beginning of Shakespeare's career as a playwright, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (c. Before young William Shakespeare wrote his play about two poetry speaking, hormone-driven teenagers who defy their families' long-standing feud and risk everything to be together, love wasn't even considered a suitable subject for a 'tragedy.'

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