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The plot of "Romeo and Juliet" is based on an Italian tale transformed into Verse by Arthur Brooke as "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet" in 1562. It was also retold in prose by William Painter as "Palace of Pleasure" in 1582.
Shakespeare got the story of Romeo and Juliet from a long poem written by Arthur Brooke. It was called "The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet" and was published in 1562. Brooke himself had stolen the story from an Italian source.

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