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  2. Mercutio - Wikipedia

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    Mercutio (/ m ər ˈ k juː ʃ i oʊ / mər-KEW-shee-oh, [1] Italian: Mercuzio) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's 1597 tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.He is a close friend to Romeo and a blood relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris.

  3. Fools and Mortals - Wikipedia

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    Kirkus Reviews gave the book a favorable evaluation, calling Cornwell, "A master craftsman at work: imaginative, intelligent, and just plain fun." [1]In the Daily Express, Marco Giannangeli gave the novel four out of five stars, writing, "Fools And Mortals may not have the visceral cut-throat action of Sharpe or the Lost Kingdom but if a well-plotted, richly written romp through Shakespeare's ...

  4. Characters in Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.The cast of characters also includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsman, Count Paris; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Chorus.

  5. A plague o' both your houses! - Wikipedia

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    In the first printed edition of Romeo and Juliet (the so-called "First Quarto" or "Bad Quarto", published in 1597 [2]), Mercutio called down syphilis (pox) [3] instead of plague (plague). [1] There are also well-founded doubts [4] that in early editions, syphilis was indeed mentioned. Shakespeare may have used the word pox to mean not syphilis ...

  6. Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Romeo and Juliet is a dramatization of Brooke's translation, and Shakespeare follows the poem closely but adds detail to several major and minor characters (the Nurse and Mercutio in particular). [23] [24] [25]

  7. After Juliet - Wikipedia

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    After Juliet is a play written by Scottish playwright Sharman Macdonald. [1] It was commissioned for the 2000 [ 2 ] Connections programme, in which regional youth theatre groups compete to stage short plays by established playwrights.

  8. Tybalt - Wikipedia

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    Tybalt (/ ˈ t ɪ b ə l t /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. He is the son of Lady Capulet's brother, Juliet 's short-tempered first cousin, and Romeo 's rival. Tybalt shares the same name as the character Tibert / Tybalt "the prince of cats" in the popular story Reynard the Fox , a point of mockery in the play.

  9. Count Paris - Wikipedia

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    A mock-Victorian revisionist version of Romeo and Juliet ' s final scene forms part of the 1980 stage-play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. This version has a happy ending: Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Paris are restored to life, and Benvolio reveals he is Paris' love, Benvolia, in disguise. [16]