“Duel Reality” at Shakespeare Theatre Company adapts the Shakespeare play to acrobatics and Hula-Hoops. Mercutio and Tybalt ...

Shakespeare is renowned for the language he used and often invented new words. Explore the way he uses rhythm and rhyme, imagery and metaphor and oxymorons and opposites in Romeo and Juliet.

From left: Clay Singer as Mercutio, Rudy Pankow as Romeo, and Brandon Dial as Benvolio in ART’s "Romeo and Juliet." Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall. By the second half, ...

Here is what a metaphor is and examples of how it is used. Figures of speech are used every day in our lives. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

KS3 English Romeo and Juliet learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

In a break from tradition, Juliet is not merely a lofty idol during the famous balcony scene. Before Romeo ever attempts to climb up, she comes down to him, putting them on equal footing.

Theater In this ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Republicans are fighting Democrats. A new D.C. production aims to fit right into the presidential election season, with attack ads and stump speeches.

Yet this “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard,” “The Effect”) and running at the Duke of York’s Theater through Aug. 3, is no straightforward crowd-pleaser.

Broadway review by Adam Feldman . There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always cut. Juliet’s family has just discovered what they believe to be ...

Romeo and Juliet go to the circus. Celia Wren. Thu, July 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM UTC. ... the show doesn’t offer much Shakespeare insight beyond the big-top-spectacle-as-fisticuffs metaphor.