Romeo and Juliet
Two Verona households have been feuding so long that their servants brawl in the street, and at a masked ball the son of one falls for the daughter of the other. They marry in secret within a day, with a friar's help, while a killing in the street hardens the quarrel around them. Young love crushed between feuding houses; the star-crossed pattern for a thousand retellings.
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- influenced by ↑ Metamorphoses
- alludes to ↑ Canzoniere
- ↑ Layla and Majnun
- ↓ West Side Story
- ↓ Cyrano de Bergerac
- ↓ The Eve of St. Agnes
- ↓ Shakespeare in Love
- ↓ Ghostlight
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