William Shakespeare

He’s the greatest of all dramatists all over the world. He was born in Stradford-upon-Avon. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years older than William. They had two daughters, but he left his family and went to London. First he helped adapt or re-write older plays but later he started to write his own plays and he was successful. He went back to Stradford and lived quiet life with his family. He died on the same day as he was born.

Romeo and Juliet

It’s about the unhappy love and death of two youngsters, the only children of two powerful houses of Verona – the House of Montague and the House of Capulet. These houses hate each other and Romeo Montague meets Juliet Capulet at the ball. He fells in love with her and they ask Friar Laurence to marry them. Their love and marriage are secret and by an unfortunate coincidence Romeo kills Tybalt who was Juliet’s cousin. Prince of Verona sends Romeo to the exile outside the city and Juliet is forced to get married to a young nobleman called Paris. She asks Friar Laurence for help again and he gives her magic drops after which she fells asleep for several hours and looks as if she was dead. Romeo learns about Juliet’s death and hurries in a churchyard. He doesn’t know anything about the trick and kills himself. Soon after that Juliet wakes up and when she sees Romeo dead, she kills herself too. Both Montague and Capulet Houses reconciliate only after death of their beloved children.