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Benvolio
Benvolio Montague () is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. He is Lord Montague's nephew and Romeo's cousin. Benvolio serves as an unsuccessful peacemaker in the play, attempting to prevent violence between the Capulet and Montague families. Sources In 1554, Matteo Bandello published the second volume of his ''Novelle'' which included his version of ''Giulietta e Romeo''. Bandello emphasises Romeo's initial depression and the feud between the families, and introduces the Nurse and Benvolio. Bandello's story was translated into French by Pierre Boaistuau in 1559 in the second volume of his ''Histoires Tragiques''. Boaistuau adds much moralizing and sentiment, and the characters indulge in rhetorical outbursts. Etymology The name Benvolio means "good-will" or "well-wisher" or "peacemaker" which is a role he fills, to some degree, as a peacemaker and Romeo's cousin. He also wants peace so civil brawls between him and Tybalt can stop but w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters In Romeo And Juliet
William Shakespeare's tragic play ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo, Romeo Montague and Juliet, Juliet Capulet. The cast of characters includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsmen, Count Paris and Mercutio; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Greek chorus, Chorus. In addition, the play contains two ghost characters, Petruchio and Valentine, and an unseen character, Rosaline. House of Escalus Prince Escalus Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, attempts to de-escalate the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues through the rule of law. His character may be based on the historical Scaliger family which ruled Verona from 1262–1387, possibly on Bartolomeo I della Scala, Bartolomeo I. He appears three times within the text, primarily to administer justice following major episodes of violence between the Capulet and Montague famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Montague
William Shakespeare's tragic play ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The cast of characters includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsmen, Count Paris and Mercutio; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Chorus. In addition, the play contains two ghost characters, Petruchio and Valentine, and an unseen character, Rosaline. House of Escalus Prince Escalus Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, attempts to de-escalate the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues through the rule of law. His character may be based on the historical Scaliger family which ruled Verona from 1262–1387, possibly on Bartolomeo I. He appears three times within the text, primarily to administer justice following major episodes of violence between the Capulet and Montague families. In Act 1, Scene 1, the Prince admonishes both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters In Romeo And Juliet
William Shakespeare's tragic play ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo, Romeo Montague and Juliet, Juliet Capulet. The cast of characters includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsmen, Count Paris and Mercutio; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Greek chorus, Chorus. In addition, the play contains two ghost characters, Petruchio and Valentine, and an unseen character, Rosaline. House of Escalus Prince Escalus Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, attempts to de-escalate the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues through the rule of law. His character may be based on the historical Scaliger family which ruled Verona from 1262–1387, possibly on Bartolomeo I della Scala, Bartolomeo I. He appears three times within the text, primarily to administer justice following major episodes of violence between the Capulet and Montague famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet
''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as Archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello, translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, in particular Mercutio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo & Juliet (2013 Film)
''Romeo & Juliet'' is a 2013 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. Written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Carlo Carlei, it stars Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Damian Lewis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ed Westwick, Stellan Skarsgård and Paul Giamatti. The film opened in the United Kingdom and the United States on 11 October 2013. While remaining faithful to the original plot, it uses only some of the dialogue written by Shakespeare. This has led to several critics denouncing the film on the grounds that it loses the essence of the play. The film grossed $3 million. Plot During the late Middle Ages in Verona, two wealthy families, the Montagues and Capulets, have been feuding for centuries. One day at the marketplace, they start a brawl which infuriates the Prince. He threatens that if the peace is disturbed again, he shall take their lives. Meanwhile, Romeo, a young Montague, reveals he is in love with Lord Capulet's niece, Rosaline. Romeo's cousin Benvolio urg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Juliet
''After Juliet'' is a play written by Scottish playwright Sharman Macdonald. It was commissioned for the 2000 Connections programme, in which regional youth theatre groups compete to stage short plays by established playwrights. The basic premise of the play, following on from Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' is "What happened to the Capulets and Montagues after Romeo and Juliet died?". The setting of ''After Juliet'' is described as "Verona. Or it could be Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham, New York City, or Liverpool. It could be 1500, 1900, 2000, or 3000". The only place that ''After Juliet'' cannot be set is Glasgow, as one of the characters, Rhona, is from Glasgow, and away from home.Scotsman.com Living Macdonald's daughter |
Romeo + Juliet (1996 Film)
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet or Romeo & Juliet may also refer to: Ballets * ''Romeo and Juliet'', a ballet score by Constant Lambert * ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Prokofiev), a 1935 ballet score by Sergei Prokofiev and choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky and with Konstantin Sergeyev in 1940 ** ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1955 ballet by Frederick Ashton ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Cranko), a 1962 ballet by John Cranko ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' (MacMillan), a 1965 ballet by Kenneth MacMillan ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Neumeier), a 1971 ballet by John Neumeier ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Nureyev), a 1977 ballet by Rudolf Nureyev ** ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1979 ballet by Yuri Grigorovich ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Lavery), a 1991 setting of the balcony scene by Sean Lavery ** ''Roméo et Juliette'', a 1996 ballet by Jean-Christophe Maillot ** ''Romeo + Juliet'' (ballet) (or ''Romeo ''†'' Juliet''), a 2007 ballet by Peter Martins ** ''Romeo and Juliet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaline
Rosaline () is a fictional character mentioned in William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. A Capulet, she is the cousin of Juliet, niece of Lord Capulet, and Romeo's original romantic interest. Although an unseen character, her role is important: at the beginning of the play, Romeo's unrequited love for Rosaline leads him to try to catch a glimpse of her at a gathering hosted by the Capulets, during which he spots Juliet and falls in love at first sight with her, leading to all subsequent events in the story. Scholars generally compare Romeo's short-lived love of Rosaline with his later love of Juliet. Scholars believe Romeo's early experience with Rosaline prepares him for his relationship with Juliet, noting that the poetry Shakespeare writes for Rosaline is much weaker than that for Juliet. Later performances of ''Romeo and Juliet'' have painted different pictures of Romeo and Rosaline's relationship, from removing all mentions of her to physically featuring he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dash Mihok
Dashiell Raymond Mihok (; born May 24, 1974) is an American actor and director known as Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in Showtime's ''Ray Donovan''. Early life Mihok was born in New York City, the son of theater actors Andrea Mihok (née Cloak) and Raymond Thorne (né Mihok).Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine He has two older sisters: Gwen Mihok, an actress, and Cecily Trenka, a science teacher. He is of Czech and British descent. Mihok grew up in Greenwich Village and lived in the artist community Westbeth on Bank Street. Mihok went to PS 3, a public elementary school in Manhattan, currently named the John Melser Charrette School. He attended the Center School (MS 243) for middle school. While attending Bronx High School of Science, where he played baseball as a middle infielder, Mihok joined CityKids Repertory, and appeared in the short-lived TV show, '' CityKids,'' which featured local New York child actors and Jim Henson's The Muppets. Mihok also attended the Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed '' Withnail and I'' (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' The Killing Fields'' (1984). As an actor, he has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Russell and François Truffaut. Early life Bruce Robinson was born in London. He grew up in Broadstairs, Kent, where he attended the Charles Dickens Secondary Modern School. His parents were Mabel Robinson and American lawyer Carl Casriel, who had a short-term relationship during World War II. His father was a Lithuanian Jew. As a child, Robinson was constantly brutally abused by his stepfather Rob (a former RAF navigator and a wholesale newsagent), who knew the boy was not his son. He had an elder sister Elly, whom he asked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kodi Smit-McPhee (born 13 June 1996) is an Australian actor. He gained recognition as a child actor for his leading roles in '' The Road'' (2009) and '' Let Me In'' (2010). He provided the voice of the title character in stop-motion animations ''ParaNorman'' (2012) and '' Memoir of a Snail'' (2024), and appeared in '' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014), '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), ''Alpha'' (2018), and '' Dark Phoenix'' (2019). In 2021, Smit-McPhee garnered critical acclaim for playing a troubled teenager in Jane Campion's western film '' The Power of the Dog''. He received various accolades for his performance, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since featured in the thriller miniseries ''Disclaimer'' and the biographical drama '' Maria'' (both 2024). Early life Smit-McPhee was born on 13 June 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sonja Smit and Andy McPhee. His father is an actor and former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo
Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lord Montague, Lord Montague and his wife, Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lady Montague, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence. Forced into exile after slaying Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo dies by suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death. The character's origins can be traced as far back as Pyramus, who appears in Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', but the first modern incarnation of Romeo is Mariotto in the 33rd of Masuccio Salernitano's ''Il Novellino'' (1476). This story was reworked in 1524 by Luigi da Porto as ''Giulietta e Romeo'' (published posthumously in 1531). Da Porto named the character Romeo Montecchi, and the storyline is nearly the same as Shakespeare's adaptation. Since no 16th-century direct English translation of ''Giuliett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
