According to the church register of Holy trinity, William Shakespeare was the third of eight children.

His mother was Mary Aden who was a landed local heiress. William Shakespeare father was John Shakespeare who was a Glover and leather merchant. 1) the actual date of Shakespeare’s birthday is unknown. The church records of Holy Trinity show that he was baptized on April 26 th, 1564. “William Shakespeare was born allegedly on Apin Stratford- Upon-Avon.

The two young lovers’ untimely death ultimately united their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of a forbidden love due to their families’ strong objection to their love. Their love causes many tragic events to occur as they are from a family of Capulet and Montague. The Romeo and Juliet full text is very long, so we have separated the play into it’s original Acts and Scenes.The young lovers Romeo and Juliet are both from families who hated each other for centuries. Some stage directions can be a little confusing, so have a read of our understanding Shakespeare’s stage directions article. Stage directions are instructions and direction to the actors, and not spoken lines. Our article on Shakespeare & early modern English, or our Shakespeare dictionary, will help you to understand the language as you read through the original textĪnother thing to bear in mind as you read the Romeo and Juliet script are Shakespeare’s stage directions, which are italicised. The language used in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet full text is slightly different to today’s modern English, which is reflected in the text. This page contains links to the original Romeo and Juliet script by Shakespeare, split into Acts and Scenes. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare