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      • Romeo and Juliet 's story is not based on real events, but on a 1562 poem by Arthur Brooke titled The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, which itself was based on earlier works.
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  2. Jul 18, 2020 · Romeo and Juliet is said to be based on a true story. Some say that it was based on the Guelphs and Ghibellines, but another poet- Masaccio Saleritano- claims that the story, all but the...

  3. Though historians generally agree that Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague were fictional characters, it’s possible that their feuding houses were based on real families in Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare set his famous tragedy.

  4. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.

  5. List of films based on Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia. William Shakespeare's 1590s play Romeo and Juliet has been adapted to film and television many times. Some of these adaptations include: Direct adaptations.

  6. Mar 27, 2022 · According to Newsweek, West Side Story was the brainchild of choreographer Jerome Robbins, who wanted to turn the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet into a musical that felt...

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  7. Oct 21, 2024 · Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. The appeal of the young hero and heroine is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative of star-crossed lovers.

  8. Mar 10, 2023 · Da Porto is probably also the source of the tradition that Romeo and Juliet is based on a true story. The names of the families (in Italian, the Montecchi and Capelletti) were actual political factions of the thirteenth century.

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