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Frontispiece of Giulietta e Romeo from 1535. by Luigi da Porto. Luigi Da Porto (1485 in Vicenza – 10 May 1529) was an Italian writer and historiographer, better known as the author of the novella Historia novellamente ritrovata di due giovani amanti (Newly found story of two noble lovers), with the story of Romeo and Juliet, later reprised by William Shakespeare for his famous drama.
The plot of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes place over four days while Brooke's narrative takes place over many months. Little is known about Arthur Brooke. He was admitted as a member of Inner Temple on 18 December 1561 under the sponsorship of Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton. [2]
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]
Author Chloe Gong said writing two young adult novels while still an undergrad often felt like living in two distinct worlds. Meet the author who wrote a Shanghai-based 'Romeo and Juliet' novel in ...
Masuccio Salernitano (Tommaso Guardati). Masuccio Salernitano (1410–1475), born Tommaso Guardati, was an Italian poet.. Born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for Il Novellino, a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story.
The only nearly complete translation of Bandello's tales into English is "The novels of Matteo Bandello", translated by John Payne in 6 volumes, 1890. [4] This edition is separated into 4 parts, containing 51, 43, 51, and 21 stories, respectively, for a total of 166, minus two (part 2, story 35 and part 4, story 6), omitted because of their being almost identical to those of Marguerite de ...
Television shows based on Romeo and Juliet (12 P) Pages in category "Works based on Romeo and Juliet " The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Benvolio Montague (Italian: Benvolio Montecchi) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. He is Lord Montague's nephew and Romeo's cousin. Benvolio serves as an unsuccessful peacemaker in the play, attempting to prevent violence between the Capulet and Montague families.