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Stories Set in Verona
Shakespeare never visited, but he gave Verona the most famous address in literature: Juliet's balcony draws lovers to a city that was already Roman, medieval and Venetian before the play. Every generation refilms the tragedy. Letters to Juliet writes to it; Rosaline answers back. Open Verona on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Verona on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Verona
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Browse 9 books, 16 movies and 1 game set in Verona.
Letters to Juliet
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" --…
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion the young lovers defy their destiny and elope only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Rosaline
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo & Juliet
In Verona bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet their…
Romeo and Juliet
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.In this…
The Taming of the Shrew
Italy 16th century. Petruchio a choleric lying and poor rural landowner from Verona arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife while Baptista a wealthy merchant announces that he will not allow Bianca his youngest…
Romeo y Julieta
Love in the Villa
A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona Italy after a breakup only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked and she'll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man.
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
R#J
Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.
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