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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs several dramatic techniques that have garnered praise from critics, most notably the abrupt shifts from comedy to tragedy (an example is the punning exchange between Benvolio and Mercutio just before Tybalt arrives).
For example, the first recorded performance of Romeo and Juliet was not until 1662, yet it is known the play was performed in Shakespeare's lifetime. [1] At best, the performance history of a play establishes only the terminus ante quem of its composition.
After the Licensing Act 1737, one fourth of the plays performed were by Shakespeare, and on at least two occasions rival London playhouses staged the very same Shakespeare play at the same time (Romeo and Juliet in 1755 and King Lear the next year) and still commanded audiences.
All of Shakespeare's histories were set primarily in London, England as it was the seat of the British Monarchy and the histories were all about English Kings in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Additionally large parts of Henry VI, Part 1 and King John are set in France and large parts of Henry IV Part I were set in Wales. [5]
Shakespeare combined the two throughout his career, with Romeo and Juliet perhaps the best example of the mixing of the styles. [200] By the time of Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, and A Midsummer Night's Dream in the mid-1590s, Shakespeare had begun to write a more natural poetry. He increasingly tuned his metaphors and images to the needs of ...
Just as in Shakespeare's play, Indianapolis' "Romeo and Juliet" is set in Verona, Italy, and Lyras' costume designs draw on the Italian Renaissance style. The time period and its details were ...
New Broadway revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Blvd," Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" and Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" test how far these works can be refashioned for modern sensibilities
William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' debuts on the Glamorgan Castle stage in its 11th season of the Bard's plays in the Carnation City.