Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of his most popular plays, a tragic love story set in the Italian city of Verona. “Romeo and Juliet gives a wonderful exploration of young love, of first love, of romantic attitudes to love.” Stanley Wells, Shakespearean scholar
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