{"id":4282,"date":"2016-01-19T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2016-01-19T10:06:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:06:45","slug":"romeo-and-juliet-by-william-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/romeo-and-juliet-by-william-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romeo_and_juliet_brown-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Romeo and Juliet Quotes\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romeo_and_juliet_brown-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romeo_and_juliet_brown-1-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romeo_and_juliet_brown-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. \u00a0No one knows when Shakespeare wrote the play, but it first appeared in print in 1597.<\/p>\n<p>The play features two star-crossed lovers whose deaths reconcile their feuding families. \u00a0It was among Shakespeare&#8217;s most popular plays during his lifetime. \u00a0Along with <em>Hamlet<\/em>, it is one of his most frequently performed plays.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;But soft! 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