William Shakespeare

Stratford upon Avon

Shakespeare’s House

Important People in His Life

Shakespeare’s Plays  Romeo and Juliet  Julius Ceasar  As You Like It  McBeth  Hamlet Prince of Denmark

London

Globe Theatre

Shakespeare’s Attitude

Romeo and Juliet

Setting  Verona, a city in Northern Italy,  sixteenth century

Verona. The Old Bridge

Verona Nowadays

Verona: 16 th Century Buildings

Verona: Juliet’s House

Prince Escalus  The Ruler of Verona

Friar Lawrence  A monk who was respected by all Verona citizens

Lord Capulet  Verona’s aristocrat.  He is rich, respected, funny, but short- tempered,

Lady Capulet, Lord Capulet’s Young Wife  She is good- looking, intelligent, but can be vindictive and evil

Juliet Capulet  Lord and Lady Capulets’ fourteen- year old daughter

Tybalt  Lady Capulet’s cocky nephew, Juliet’s cousin

Nurse  Juliet’s loving babysitter and friend

Peter  Nurse’s servant

Count Paris  A young Verona aristocrat who is in love with Juliet

Sampson and Gregory  Cocky servants of Capulets

Count Paris  A young Verona aristocrat who wants to marry Juliet

Lord Montague  Another aristocrat from Verona

Lady Montague  Lord Montague’s wife and Romeo’s loving mother

Romeo Montague  A very romantic young man, the only son of Lord and Lady Montague

Benvolio  A very reasonable young man, Romeo’s friend

Mercutio  A funny and goofy young man, Romeo’s friend

Balthasar  Romeo’s Servant

Druggist A pharmacist from Mantua who sold poison to Romeo