![]() ![]() Romeo and Juliet appeared in seven editions before 1642. That Romeo and Juliet was first acted by the Lordīurbage may have played Romeo, with the boy actor Robert ![]() There are no surviving recordsįor any performances before the Restoration in 1660, but it is likely Romeo and Juliet had certainly been performed by 1597, Romeo and Juliet relates most closely to a group of plays usually dated to the period 1594-1595, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Richard II. The later date allows the necessary time for the compilation of the manuscript used to print the first ‘bad’ quarto in early 1597. The earliest date is considered to be too early, because of Shakespeare’s writing style in the play. Shakespeare must have written the play between 15. Romeo and Juliet can be plausibly dated to 1595. ![]()
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