Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the profession of playwright William Shakespeare approximately two young ‘star-cross’d fans’ whose untimely fatalities ultimately unite their feuding family members. Browse by an all celebrity cast that include Albert Finney and Claire Bloom this audio documenting is a fantastic piece of literature to ass to your collection.

The tragic feud between ‘Two households, both alike in dignity/In good Verona’, the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills both about Romeo and Juliet young ‘star-crossed lovers’ and their ‘death-marked love’ creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play handles issues of intergenerational and familial turmoil, as well as the energy of language as well as the convincing romantic relationship between sex and loss of life, which makes it a remarkably modern play. Additionally it is an early exemplory case of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he movements from Romeo’s lyrical account of Juliet-‘she doth train the torches to burn bright!’ towards the bustle and action of the 16th-century household (the play containsmore moments of ordinary employees than any of Shakespeare’s other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the 3rd act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic intimate comedy. The turning point includes the death of 1 of 1 Shakespeare’s finest early dramatic masterpieces – Romeo’s sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio whose “plague o’both your houses” begins the play’s descent into tragedy. “For by no means was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”.