Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the tragic story of two young lovers. Find out more with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb.

We are told by Friar Lawrence that “violent delights have violent ends.” Romeo becomes possessed by his possession of Juliet, as she becomes possessed by her possession of him.

The greatest love story ever told? No. The tale of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. Listen instead to the Friar: Love moderately, not violently. We explain what that looks like.

A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that involves AI and Ron DeSantis Folger Theatre’s new production incorporates smartphones and partisanship, with mixed results.

More than 400 years after William Shakespeare first staged his tale of star-crossed lovers, “Romeo and Juliet” still vibrates with raw emotion. The current American Repertory Theater ...

The women sing beautifully, but we barely know why they’re angry. In the end, Juliet and Romeo is a musical that strains to be meaningful but never earns its emotional crescendos.

‘Juliet & Romeo’ Review: The Classic Romance Is Reimagined as a Superfluous Pop Music Extravaganza William Shakespeare’s popular star-crossed couple intertwine in musical and romantic ...

Friar Laurence (Nate Burger) approves their marriage, because he sees their union as a way to break the deadly conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets.

Romeo and Juliet are teenagers who decide to marry on the day they meet and whose relationship lasts, at best, five days before they end up dead. Romeo is getting over a previous love moments ...