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Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's tragedy of two young lovers from feuding families, heard here as a modern volunteer audio reading of the text.
Shakespeare wrote this tragedy; the recording is a modern reading of his original text.
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What it is
This is a recording of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare. The play tells the story of two young lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, whose families are caught in a long feud in Verona, Italy. The audio here is a modern volunteer reading of the play's text, not a recording of Shakespeare himself or his original actors.
Why it matters
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in Western culture and shows Shakespeare's skill at writing about passion, family conflict and fate. Its lasting popularity is part of why Shakespeare is still read and performed today.
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- What makes this story feel urgent even though it was written long ago?
- Why do you think readers still perform volunteer recordings of this play centuries later?
- What is lost when a play written for the stage is only heard as audio?
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