In the play, Romeo and Juliet are from an Italian city called Verona.
No, it was not Russian. The play was originally written in English, but the setting is Italy, so Romeo and Juliet would presumably have been speaking Italian.
Scholars believe that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was written and first performed in 1594 or 1595.
The name of the Italian city, that is the setting of Romeo and Juliet is called Verona.
Which Romeo and Juliet are you talking about? Romeus and Juliet the poem by Arthur Brooke? Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare? Romeo and Juliet the Symphonic Poem by Tchaikovsky? Romeo and Juliet the ballet by Prokofieff? Romeo and Juliet the song by Dire Straits? All of them are original works even though they are all about the same story.
the play takes place in Verona Italy. In the original movie of the play they don't speak Italian and in the plays they do not but the scenery is in Italy.
Romeo and Juliet is written in the form of a play.
I don't know if you are talking about the famous poem Romeus and Juliet, written by Arthur Brooke, or the famous play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, or the famous symphonic poem Romeo & Juliet, written by Tchaikovsky, or the famous dramatic symphony Romeo et Juliet, written by Berlioz, or the famous opera Romeo et Juliette, written by Gounod, or the famous ballet Romeo and Juliet, written by Prokofiev, or the famous popular song Romeo and Juliet written by Mark Knopfler.
Norman Colton has written: 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Romeo and Juliet, notes'
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His main source was Arthur Brooke's poem Romeus and Juliet. But the story was not original to Brooke either; he got it from a French retelling of an Italian story that was based on another Italian story and so on.
The play Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespear takes place in Verona, Italy.