Arthur Brooke.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
They are based on Romeus and Juliet, the characters in a poem by Arthur Brooke called Romeus and Juliet.
Arthur Brooke wrote the poem Romeus and Juliet which Shakespeare turned into the play Romeo and Juliet.
Romeus and Juliet, a poem by Arthur Brooke
The poem "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet" by Arthur Brooke is believed to have inspired Shakespeare to write "Romeo and Juliet". Shakespeare adapted the poem's storyline into his famous play.
Arthur Brooke's Romeus and Juliet.
"The History of Romeus and Juliet"- Arthur Brooke
From Arthur Brooke's poem Romeus and Juliet.
Nobody spells it like that. Giulietta e Romeo was written by Luigi da Porto, Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke, Rhomeo and Julietta by William Painter, and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
He translated it from an Italian version of the story.
Shakespeare's primary source for Romeo and Juliet was Arthur Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, first published in 1562, two years before Shakespeare's birth, and reprinted in 1587, about eight years before the first performance of Romeo and Juliet.
Mercutio's character is virtually non-existant in brooke's version