Title
Files
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Performance Dates
March 1, 3, 9, 11, 1972
Creative Team
Director - Charles Dodrill
Designer-Technical Director - Fred Thayer
Costume Designer - Petie Dodrill
Fights staged by - Joseph Della Sorte
Dances staged by - Joanne Van Sant
Music by - Guy Woolfenden
Synopsis
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakespeare's original.
Romeo and Juliet. (2017, July 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:01, August 31, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romeo_and_Juliet&oldid=791420844
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theater, Drama, Dance
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "Romeo and Juliet" (1972). 1971-1972 Season. 3.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1971-1972/3