FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Over the horizon
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Duchess of Malfi
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Detailed explanation-1: -Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. An authorized quarto appeared in 1599, substantially longer and more reliable. A third quarto, based on the second, was used by the editors of the First Folio of 1623.
Detailed explanation-2: -Creation of the play Romeo and Juliet can be plausibly dated to 1595. Shakespeare must have written the play between 1591 and 1596. The earliest date is considered to be too early, because of Shakespeare’s writing style in the play.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of Romeo and Juliet is written in verse, so it’s interesting to watch out for when it isn’t used. You can tell by looking at the page in the script. Where it looks like a poem, Shakespeare is using verse. When it looks like writing in a book that goes the whole way across the page, he is writing in prose.
Detailed explanation-4: -Yep: the full title of the 1599 version of the play reads The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. We happen to think “excellent and lamentable” is a pretty accurate description of the play.