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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. By Ivan Morales Luis Guerrero Daniel Fuentes. History. Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died on April 23, 1616 It is believed that the play was first performed between 1594 and 1595. It is believed that Romeo and Juliet was first printed in 1597. . History.

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. RomeoandJuliet By Ivan Morales Luis Guerrero Daniel Fuentes

  2. History • Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died on April 23, 1616 • It is believed that the play was first performed between 1594 and 1595. • It is believed that Romeo and Juliet was first printed in 1597.

  3. History • History of the playRomeo and Juliet was based on real lovers who lived in Verona, Italy who died for each other in the year 1303. At that time the Capulets and Montagues were among the inhabitants of Verona. • William Shakespeare's Main SourceShakespeare found the story in Arthur Brooke's poem 'The Tragical Historye of Romeus and Juliet' (1562). 

  4. History • Shakespeare also read the three sources on which Brooke's poem and Painter's story were based, Giulietta e Romeo, a novel by the Italian author Matteo Bandello, written in 1554. A story in a collection called Il Novellio, by the widely-popular fifteenth-century writer Masuccio Salernitano; and the Historia Novellamente Ritrovata di Due Nobili Amanti or A Story Newly Found of two Noble Lovers, written by Luigi Da Porto and published in 1530.

  5. Romeo and Juliet-Production History • 1936 George Cukor filmed R+J the movie • 1936 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev wrote "Romeo and Juliet" the ballet • 1940 First performance of the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev • 1960 Franco Zeffirelli directs R+J at the Old Vic Theatre in London • 1968 Franco Zeffirelli films R+J the movie

  6. Production History • Romeo and Juliet has been deeply adapted many times on stage and films. During the Restoration, it revived and revised by William Davenant. In the 20th century, the play has been in versions in MGM's, the 1950s stage musical West Side Story, and 1996's MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet

  7. Production History • In the nineteenth century, Romeo and Juliet was performed with little drama and became one of Shakespeare's most-produced plays and a mainstay of the English stage. More than eighteen film versions of Romeo and Juliet have been made, and by far the most popular is Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet in 1968. One of the most famous Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, starring Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio

  8. Romeo • Romeo’s reason for sadness is because; Rosaline his love will not return his affections. When he meets Juliet, he instantly falls in love. At the end of the play, he commits suicide, rather than live without Juliet, the ultimate display of loyalty for his love Juliet since his life obviously no longer had meaning without her.

  9. Juliet Capulet • The daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet, Juliet is in love with Romeo. Although suicide is always a negative choice, for Juliet it is a final demonstration of the strength and commitment of her love for Romeo.

  10. Their love • Both of them are committed to their deep love to each other. Even though they are in families of rivalry, this will not stop them from being together.

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  14. Food • Peach Tart- Made of 5 peaches, with sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon and red wine.

  15. Food • Another type of food that there was to eat were meat balls. This was a common party dish. The meat balls had a sauce made up of almond milk.

  16. Food • Another type of food was a Humble of Deere. This was a combination of meat and sweets. It was a common Christmas associated food.

  17. Work Cited • Romeo and Juliet: Timeline of Productions." Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://pages.towson.edu/quick/romeoandjuliet/timeline.htm>. • "Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-romeo-and-juliet.htm>. • "Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-romeo-and-juliet.htm>. • "Romeo and Juliet Characters review at Absolute Shakespeare." Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays... Web. 29 Jan. 2010. <http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/romeo_and_juliet/characters/characters.htm>. • "Romeo and Juliet (Characters): Information from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A combined with free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias. Web. 29 Jan. 2010. <http://www.answers.com/topic/romeo-and-juliet-play-2>. • Romeo and Juliet: Timeline of Productions." Web. 27 Jan. 2010. . Web. • Http://recipes.medievalcookery.com/pumpes.html. Web. • Http://recipes.medievalcookery.com/peachtart.html. Web. • Http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/romeo-and-juliet-1968.jpg. Web. • Mabillard, Amanda. Sources for Romeo and Juliet.Shakespeare Online. 21 Nov. 2001. (day/month/year you accessed the information) < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/playanalysis/romeoplayhistory.html >.

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