PRODUCTION Romeo and Juliet [Luomiou yu Zhuliye]
Data Type：production background
Title：Romeo and Juliet Synopsis
Source：Romeo and Juliet Performance Program
Place：Taipei
Publisher：College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University [Taibei yixue daxue tongshi jiaoyu zhongxin]
Date：2007/4/12
Language：English
Abstract：synopsis of Romeo and Juliet and brief introduction to Shakespeare
2007 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at TMU
★Plot Summary:
This miserable and romantic story sets in Verona, Italy. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. How can they do to fulfill their love? Can true love overcome the boundaries of the fences between two families, the fences of hate?
William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers of all time. His impressive body of work has delighted, riveted, and inspired readers and audiences all over the world for centuries. He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. Shakespeare became increasingly celebrated after his death and his work adulated by numerous prominent cultural figures through the centuries. He is often considered to be England's national poet and is sometimes referred to as the "Bard of Avon" or the "Swan of Avon".
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young lovers. It is perhaps the most famous of his plays, one of his earliest theatrical triumphs, and is thought to be the most archetypal love story of the Renaissance.
★Plot Summary:
This miserable and romantic story sets in Verona, Italy. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. How can they do to fulfill their love? Can true love overcome the boundaries of the fences between two families, the fences of hate?
William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers of all time. His impressive body of work has delighted, riveted, and inspired readers and audiences all over the world for centuries. He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. Shakespeare became increasingly celebrated after his death and his work adulated by numerous prominent cultural figures through the centuries. He is often considered to be England's national poet and is sometimes referred to as the "Bard of Avon" or the "Swan of Avon".
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young lovers. It is perhaps the most famous of his plays, one of his earliest theatrical triumphs, and is thought to be the most archetypal love story of the Renaissance.
