When was it written?
Setting
- Verona, Italy in the 14th or 15th century during the renaissance
Shakespeare wrote three different types of plays
- Tragedies, Histories, Comedies
- Histories is King John
- Tragedies example, Julius Caesar
- Comedies example, Merchant of Venice
- Romeo and Juliet is a Tragedy
Three interesting facts about Shakespeare
- Shakespeare's life lasted for fifty-two years. It is known that he was born in April 1564 and that he died on 23rd April 1616.
- During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets!
- He wrote on average 1 . 5 plays a year since he first started in 1589.
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