Romeo and Juliet

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play stage work tragedy

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play by William Shakespeare about two young lovers from feuding families whose doomed relationship has become one of the most famous love stories in Western literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play →
stage work →
tragedy →
adaptationType ballet →
film →
musical →
opera →
approximateCompositionDate 1595 →
author William Shakespeare →
character Benvolio →
Friar Laurence →
Lady Capulet →
Lady Montague →
Lord Capulet →
Lord Montague →
Mercutio →
Nurse →
Paris →
Prince Escalus →
Tybalt →
containsForm blank verse →
prose →
sonnet →
countryOfOrigin England →
famousLine A rose by any other name would smell as sweet →
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo →
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? →
famousScene balcony scene →
firstPublicationDate 1597 →
genre romantic tragedy →
tragedy →
influencedWork West Side Story →
literaryCanonStatus one of the most famous love stories in Western literature →
literaryPeriod English Renaissance →
surface form: "Elizabethan era"
mainCharacter Juliet Capulet →
Romeo Montague →
notableFilmAdaptation Romeo + Juliet →
surface form: "Romeo + Juliet (1996 film)"

Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) →
openingLine Two households, both alike in dignity →
originalLanguage Early Modern English →
settingLocation Mantua →
Verona →
sourceAuthor Arthur Brooke →
William Painter →
sourceWork Palace of Pleasure →
Romeo and Juliet →
surface form: "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet"
structure five acts →
theme family feud →
fate →
individual versus society →
love →
violence →
youth →
Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romeo Montague → appearsInWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Romeo + Juliet → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet →
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet →
West Side Story → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet →
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Romeo Montague → diesIn → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Romeo and Juliet, Act 5"
Red Nose Day Actually → featuresCharacter → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Juliet"
Romeo Montague → firstAppearance → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Romeo and Juliet, Act 1"
English Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Romeo and Juliet →
Shakespearean tragedies → includesWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Viola de Lesseps → inspiredWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Bolshoi Ballet → notableProduction → Romeo and Juliet →
Charles Gounod → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Roméo et Juliette"
Condola Rashad → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Freddie Fox → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
Hector Berlioz → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Roméo et Juliette"
Orlando Bloom → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "Romeo and Juliet (stage production)"
William Shakespeare → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet →
The Royal Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Romeo and Juliet →
Romeo and Juliet → sourceWork → Romeo and Juliet →
this entity surface form: "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet"
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