Who inspired Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

Shakespeare's inspiration for Romeo and Juliet was the poem "The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet." This poem was written by Arthur Brooke and was a translation of Italian Matteo Bandello's original story. Both works illustrated the love story of two real people who lived in Verona. Shakespeare's main source was Brooke's poem; he didn't use Bandello's original.

Answer 2

It was inspired by a Persian poem called Laylu and Maj by Nizami. The play was also inspired by a French play by Arthur Brooke called The tragical History of Romeus and Juliet. The seting was inspired by an Italian city called Verona.

Answer 3

The story of Romeus and Juliet was an Italian folk story. It was written down as a poem "Romeus and Juliet" by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and as a prose story, "The Palace of Pleasure", by William Painter in 1582.

Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" was written about 1595.

Shakespeare's inspiration for Romeo and Juliet was the poem "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet." This poem was written by Arthur Brooke and was a translation of Italian Matteo Bandello's original story. Both works illustrated the love story of two real people who lived in Verona. Shakespeare's main source was Brooke's poem; he didn't use Bandello's original.

Answer 4

To be honest it was so long ago no body knows

Answer 5

William Shakespeare got the idea of "star crossed lovers" (or lovers who were destined not to be together because of the alighnment of their stars) from the poet Arthur Brooke.