In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. When Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, its love at first sight. With the help of her nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeo’s attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet’s cousin, for which Romeo is banished. Romeo & Juliet William Shakespeare, Jacqueline Ritten 3.85 1,872 ratings91 reviews These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. Juliet who is due to marry her father’s choice plots to get out of it. Escalus - The Prince of Verona who despises the feuds between the Montagues and the Capulets. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence. Romeo is a romantic idealist, who dreams of falling in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play and instantly falls in love with Juliet once he lays eyes on her at her uncle's masquerade. They only spend one night together after their marriage. Romeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. They meet at a party and then get married the next day. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet when they meet at a party and steal a kiss that bonds them forever. Juliet quickly develops an intense romantic relationship with Romeo.

The Montagues and the Capulet’s have long been at war. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most important theme. This tale of forbidden young love is a timeless classic that you don’t want to miss.Īn age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. From historic feud to ill-fated union, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet finds new significance this spring in the Liverpool Performing Arts Ensemble’s production of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare