1. William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616

2. Stratford upon Avon

3. Shakespeare’s House

4. Important People in His Life

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

6. London

7. Globe Theatre

8. Shakespeare’s Attitude

9. Romeo and Juliet

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

11. Verona. The Old Bridge

12. Verona Nowadays

13. Verona: 16 th Century Buildings

14. Verona: Juliet’s House

15. Prince Escalus  The Ruler of Verona

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

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

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

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

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

21. Nurse  Juliet’s loving babysitter and friend

22. Peter  Nurse’s servant

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

24. Sampson and Gregory  Cocky servants of Capulets

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

26. Lord Montague  Another aristocrat from Verona

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

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

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

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

31. Balthasar  Romeo’s Servant

32. Druggist A pharmacist from Mantua who sold poison to Romeo