twinparadox t1_j8ckw3b wrote on February 13, 2023 at 8:20 AM Reply to comment by BaylonTheGrey in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow Yes, that is exactly what they are saying. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is based on The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a narrative poem written a good 30 years before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet is a 16 year old. Permalink Parent 27
twinparadox t1_j8ckw3b wrote
Reply to comment by BaylonTheGrey in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Yes, that is exactly what they are saying. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is based on The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a narrative poem written a good 30 years before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet is a 16 year old.