Romeo and Juliet

tragedy by William Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

Summary

Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,001 views/month, #2 of 285).[2]

Key Facts

  • Romeo and Juliet authored William Shakespeare[3].
  • Romeo and Juliet's instance of is recorded as dramatic work[4].
  • Romeo and Juliet's genre is tragedy[5].
  • Romeo and Juliet's genre is melodrama[6].
  • Romeo and Juliet's based on is recorded as The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet[7].
  • Romeo and Juliet's depicts is recorded as star-crossed lovers[8].
  • Romeo and Juliet's Commons category is recorded as Romeo and Juliet[9].
  • Romeo and Juliet's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Romeo and Juliet was distributed by printed book[11].
  • Romeo and Juliet's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[12].
  • 1597 marks the founding of Romeo and Juliet[13].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Romeo[14].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Juliet[15].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Tybalt[16].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Mercutio[17].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Benvolio[18].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Friar Laurence[19].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Count Paris[20].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Lady Capulet[21].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Nurse[22].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Lady Montague[23].
  • Romeo and Juliet's characters is recorded as Prince Escalus[24].
  • Romeo and Juliet's has edition or translation is recorded as Romeo and Juliet[25].
  • Romeo and Juliet's has edition or translation is recorded as Roméo et Juliette[26].
  • Romeo and Juliet's has edition or translation is recorded as The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Play[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 59dbe00d-a9e2-41a3-b2c1-977dd6928993[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Romeo and Juliet authored William Shakespeare[3].

Publication

Romeo and Juliet's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include tragedy[5] and melodrama[6]. It was distributed by printed book[11].

Subject and Themes

Romeo and Juliet's main subject is forbidden love[30].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Romeo and Juliet include Romeu and Julieta[31], a dessert[32]; The Romeo and Juliet Effect[33], a psychological phenomenon[34]; and Rome-old and Juli-eh[35], a television series episode[36], directed by Nancy Kruse[37].

Why It Matters

Romeo and Juliet ranks in the top 0.7% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,001 views/month, #2 of 285).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Romeu and Julieta[31], a dessert[32]; The Romeo and Juliet Effect[33], a psychological phenomenon[34]; and Rome-old and Juli-eh[35], a television series episode[36], directed by Nancy Kruse[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . film-lexikon.de. Retrieved . film-lexikon.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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