Kara Aubrecht

English 9
Period 1
English 9
Annotated Bibliography


Source: Internet

Research Topic:
The story of Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeares greatest literature pieces ever
written, but some might be surprised by the history of Romeo and Juliet and the fact that it
wasnt his original idea.
Bibliographic Entry:
Mabillard, Amanda. Sources for Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare Online, 21 Nov. 2001. Web. 5
May 5, 2014.


Summary:
The play of Romeo and Juliet was written in 1596. The play was well liked in the
seventeenth century. Some people made the ending of the play different from Shakespeare's
original version. Some of the endings were made so that Romeo and Juliet to have a happy
ending, and in 1679, Thomas Otway made the play revolve around two senators. For a while,
Otway's version became more popular than Shakespeare's. In the 1900s, Romeo and Juliet once
again became a sensation Franco Zeffirelli's movie came out that was based on Shakespeare's
play.
Paraphrase:
Original Paragraph: In the nineteenth century, Romeo and Juliet was performed with relatively
little dramatic alteration, and it became one of Shakespeare's most-produced plays and a
mainstay of the English stage. With the advent of motion pictures the play reached mass
audiences. More than eighteen film versions of Romeo and Juliet have been made, and by far
the most popular is Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, filmed in 1968 and starring Olivia
Hussey and Leonard Whiting. Over the last fifty years many have attempted to translate the
plot of Romeo and Juliet into the modern era. The most famous of these is Leonard Bernstein's
West Side Story and Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, starring Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Paraphrase: During the nineteenth century, Romeo and Juliet was played normally and became
one of the most produced plays of Shakespeare. The play has been made into many films, but
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the most popular of them is Franco Zeffirelli's version. The play has been brought into the
modern era with the most famous being Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.



Quotes:
"For seventy years, Otway's version trounced all productions of Shakespeare's own Romeo and
Juliet."
"The play has remained extremely popular throughout the centuries, but, strangely, producers in
the seventeenth century found it necessary to take great literary license with Shakespeare's
original work."
"More than eighteen film versions of Romeo and Juliet have been made, and by far the most
popular is Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, filmed in 1968 and starring Olivia Hussey and
Leonard Whiting."