radio_allah t1_j8c6gxa wrote
The ironic thing here is that there's nothing Italian at all about Romeo and Juliet, or any other 'set in other European cities' characters under Shakespeare. Verona might as well be Newcastle.
It's like how Midsummer Night's Dream had shite all to do with Greece.
krukson t1_j8cfm0t wrote
Well, at least Verona can milk it. I've been there, and there's a ton of people visiting the balcony were it all "supposedly happened" every day.
ziostraccette t1_j8cxnf4 wrote
Yeah the original story is from Luigi Da Porto, and follows Romeo Montecchi and Giulietta Cappelletti and was written in 1530, then it got translated and changed and Shakespeare gets all the credit
Orinnus t1_j8d10le wrote
The original story wasn't written by Shakespeare
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