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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Label Occurrences
Romeo and Juliet canonical 71
Romeo and Juliet (play) 4
Romeo and Juliet universe 4

Statements (53)

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
structure five acts ⓘ
theme family feud ⓘ
fate ⓘ
individual versus society ⓘ
love ⓘ
violence ⓘ
youth ⓘ

Referenced by (111)

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Shakespeare in Love → inspiredWorkWithinPlot → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
William Shakespeare → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
English Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Red Nose Day Actually → featuresCharacter → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juliet
Shakespearean tragedies → includesWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
West Side Story → basedOn → 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)
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet → notableProduction → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
American Ballet Theatre → repertoireIncludes → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo + Juliet → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo Montague → appearsInWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo Montague → firstAppearance → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet, Act 1
Romeo Montague → diesIn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet, Act 5
The Royal Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Viola de Lesseps → inspiredWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet → sourceWork → Romeo and Juliet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
Charles Gounod → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roméo et Juliette
Freddie Fox → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Condola Rashad → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays → containsWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Ballet → notableProduction → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Sergei Prokofiev → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
Verona → settingOf → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Romeo and Juliet"
The Australian Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
John Barrymore → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (stage role)
Romeo Must Die → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Love Story → inspiredBy → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Pyramus → inspiredWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
The Last Kiss of Romeo and Juliet → depicts → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
The Last Kiss of Romeo and Juliet → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Royal Swedish Ballet → hasRepertoire → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Montague → appearsInWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Tony → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Tonight → workBasedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (indirectly, via West Side Story)
Gee, Officer Krupke → basedOnWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (indirectly, via West Side Story)
Cool → workBasedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (indirectly, via West Side Story)
Ballet Theatre → performs → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
subject surface form: American Ballet Theatre
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Rachel Kempson → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Maria → basedOnWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Corey Hawkins → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) → basedOn → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (play)
Diana Vishneva → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
David Garrick → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet (adaptation)
ABT → notableProduction → Romeo and Juliet ⓘ