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Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

  • editors: Craig A. Berry, Martin Mueller, and Clifford Wulfman
  • technical editors: Jeffrey Cousens and Bill Parod
  • editorial assistants: Lawrence Berland, Hilary Bina, Katherine Gould, Kreg Segal, Nicholas Terrell

The WordHoard Shakespeare is a joint project of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, The Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University Academic Technologies. It is derived from The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare , edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright (1891-3). The Internet Shakespeare editions of the quartos and folios have been consulted to create a modern text that observes as closely as possible the morphological and prosodic practices of the earliest editions. Spellings, especially of contracted and hyphenated forms, have been standardized across the corpus. The text has been fully lemmatized and morphosyntactically tagged.

© 2003. The copyright to The WordHoard Shakespeare is owned jointly by Northwestern University and Tufts University. The WordHoard Shakespeare is provided for free solely for non-commercial use by students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of it, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holders is strictly prohibited.

The Wordhoard Shakespeare is derived from, but not identical with, The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1891-3) edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.

  • Act 1

    • Act 1, Prologue

      Speakers: Chorus

    • Act 1, Scene 1

      Verona. A public place.

      Speakers: Abraham, Benvolio, Capulet, Escalus, First Citizen, Gregory, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Montague, Romeo, Sampson, Tybalt

    • Act 1, Scene 2

      A street.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Capulet, Paris, Romeo, Servant

    • Act 1, Scene 3

      A room in Capulet's house.

      Speakers: Juliet, Lady Capulet, Nurse to Juliet, Servant

    • Act 1, Scene 4

      A street.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Mercutio, Romeo

    • Act 1, Scene 5

      A hall in Capulet's house. Musicians waiting.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Capulet, First Servant, Juliet, Nurse to Juliet, Old man, Romeo, Second Servant, Servant, Tybalt

  • Act 2

    • Act 2, Prologue

      Enter Chorus.

    • Act 2, Scene 1

      A lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Mercutio, Romeo

    • Act 2, Scene 2

      Capulet's orchard.

      Speakers: Juliet, Nurse to Juliet, Romeo

    • Act 2, Scene 3

      Friar Laurence's cell.

      Speakers: Friar Laurence, Romeo

    • Act 2, Scene 4

      A street.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Mercutio, Nurse to Juliet, Peter, Romeo

    • Act 2, Scene 5

      Capulet's orchard.

      Speakers: Juliet, Nurse to Juliet

    • Act 2, Scene 6

      Friar Laurence's cell.

      Speakers: Friar Laurence, Juliet, Romeo

  • Act 3

    • Act 3, Scene 1

      A public place.

      Speakers: Benvolio, Escalus, First Citizen, Lady Capulet, Mercutio, Montague, Romeo, Tybalt

    • Act 3, Scene 2

      Capulet's orchard.

      Speakers: Juliet, Nurse to Juliet

    • Act 3, Scene 3

      Friar Laurence's cell.

      Speakers: Friar Laurence, Nurse to Juliet, Romeo

    • Act 3, Scene 4

      A room in Capulet's house.

      Speakers: Capulet, Lady Capulet, Paris

    • Act 3, Scene 5

      Capulet's orchard.

      Speakers: Capulet, Juliet, Lady Capulet, Nurse to Juliet, Romeo

  • Act 4

    • Act 4, Scene 1

      Friar Laurence's cell.

      Speakers: Friar Laurence, Juliet, Paris

    • Act 4, Scene 2

      Hall in Capulet's house.

      Speakers: Capulet, Juliet, Lady Capulet, Nurse to Juliet, Second Servant

    • Act 4, Scene 3

      Juliet's chamber.

      Speakers: Juliet, Lady Capulet

    • Act 4, Scene 4

      Hall in Capulet's house.

      Speakers: Capulet, First Servant, Lady Capulet, Nurse to Juliet

    • Act 4, Scene 5

      Juliet's chamber.

      Speakers: Capulet, First Musician, Friar Laurence, Lady Capulet, Nurse to Juliet, Paris, Peter, Second Musician, Third Musician

  • Act 5

    • Act 5, Scene 1

      Mantua. A street.

      Speakers: Apothecary, Balthasar, Romeo

    • Act 5, Scene 2

      Friar Laurence's cell.

      Speakers: Friar John, Friar Laurence

    • Act 5, Scene 3

      A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets.

      Speakers: Balthasar, Capulet, Escalus, First Watchman, Friar Laurence, Juliet, Lady Capulet, Montague, Page to Paris, Paris, Romeo, Second Watchman, Third Watchman