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A full grown wild Alaskan Wolf would come to play with dogs. It even had a stash of toys; it would bring a styrofoam float over for a man to throw. The wolf was called Romeo by locals and died in 2010 after 6 years of this behaviour
A black wolf called Romeo who lived on the edge of suburban Juneau, Alaska for six years and made friends with the locals and their dogs. The most unusual relationship formed, allowing three different species to live in harmony. There was even a book written about him.
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Natalie Portman was originally cast as Juliet in Romeo + Juliet but was recast after rehearsal footage appeared as if Portman was being molested by Leonardo DiCaprio who was 21 at the time while Portman was only 14.
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In the 18th century, stage actor Robert “Romeo” Coates was so bad, yet self-assured with his acting, that theaters would sell out from sheer curiosity. He'd often act out dramatic death scenes multiple times, frighten Juliet, and once came back on stage with a crowbar to pry open Capulet's tomb.
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There was once a wild wolf that routinely visited residents of an Alaskan suburb so he could play with the domesticated dogs. The locals named the wild wolf Romeo and the relationship lasted 6 years.
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The Bosnian Romeo and Juliet. They were killed by snipers on 19 May 1993, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge to the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica
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The balcony in Romeo and Juliet doesn't exist. It's not in the original play and was picked up from another author's play and inserted into Shakespeare's story about 100 years later. Shakespeare simply has Juliet standing by a window.
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Romeo was a black wild wolf who, after aproaching a pet dog, became social with other pet dogs and humans untill his death 6 years later, shot by poachers, the towns people of Juneau, Alaska, made a memorial for him.
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George Watsky’s haunting song “Sarajevo”is based on the real life story of Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet. Admira and Bosko were from different religions but their attempt to escape war torn Sarajevo together ended in their deaths by sniper bullets on a bridge in Sarajevo.
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Romeo's love interest at the beginning of the play is not Juliet. He is in love with Rosaline. When Romeo meets Juliet at the ball, he falls in love with her instead.
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William Shakespeare's tragedy-themed plays included Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, and Titus Andronicus.
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Shakespeare is quoted more in the English language than any other writer, if the Bible is not included. Only the texts of the various writers of the Bible are quoted more than Shakespeare (in English).
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The famous balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet was never intended to be set on a balcony, but after another play plagiarized much of Romeo and Juliet and moved the scene to a balcony setting, it was adapted into future productions of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo, the wild black wolf that befriended dogs and humans for 6 years, until it was eventually killed by poachers, perhaps because it had become too domesticated. - source
The original title that William Shakespeare chose for Romeo and Juliet was actually The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
Tupac Shakur was a big Shakespeare fan. In an interview, Tupcac said, "he wrote some of the rawest stories, man. I mean look at Romeo and Juliet. That’s some serious ghetto s**t." In Tupac's first album, one track was named "Something Wicked", which was influenced by Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet was written by an Italian by the name of Matteo Bandello; William Shakespeare wrote the play based on that existing plot - source
The balcony scene has become the most famous scene in the play, when Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other - her from her balcony and him from the ground below.
The main characters in Romeo and Juliet include Prince Escalus, Count Paris, Mercutio, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Juliet, ybalt, Montague, Lady Montague, Romeo, Benvolio, and Friar Laurence.
On this day, 22 years ago, during the Bosnian war, love couple named Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic were killed by sniper while trying to escape the war zone, during the cease-fire day. Pictures of them circled the world, and they were later become known as a Bosnian Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo has become a name often used to refer to male lovers in the English language.
The famous car manufacturers Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Alfa Romeo are all Italian.
When the play was written by William Shakespeare women were not allowed to act on stage. It is believed that her character was played by a man in those days.
