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WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE

"ROMEO AND JULIET"

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Romeo and Juliet (1595) is a tragedy, written

early in the career of William Shakespeare, about

two young “star-cross‘d lovers” whose deaths

ultimately unite their feuding families.

It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays

during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet and

Macbeth, is one of his most frequently performed

plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as

archetypal young lovers.

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