William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Deseret Alphabet edition

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He is generally considered the greatest dramatist of all time, the greatest English writer, and one of the greatest writers in any language. Shakespeare is best known for his plays, many written for his own acting troupe, which are still regularly staged today.



Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's best-known and most-loved plays. It is also among his earliest plays, written sometime between 1591 and 1595. Although based on earlier material-and, indeed, using tropes dating back at least to Greek mythology-Shakespeare has fleshed it out, reshaped it, and deepened it. The result is a truly timeless tale of two "star-crossed lovers" whose young passion conflicts with and is ultimately destroyed by the long-standing hatred that divides their families.



This book is in the Deseret Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for writing English developed in the mid-19th century at the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah).