As the story occurs, Juliet is approaching her fourteenth birthday. She was born on "Lammas Eve at night" (1 August), so Juliet's birthday is 31 July (1.3.19). Her birthday is "a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17). Her father states that she "hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.9). In many cultures and time periods, women married and had children at a young age. Lady Capulet had given birth to her first child by the time she had reached Juliet's age: "By my count, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid." (1.3.74–75).
Even Capulet tries to encourage Count Paris, a wealthy suitor, to wait a little longer before even thinking of marrying his daughter, feeling that she is still too young; "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years, Let two more summers wither in their pride, Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride". However, in the English poem the story is based on (Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke)[1] Juliet is approaching her sixteenth birthday and Romeo is the same age whereas in the Bandello novella she is nearly eighteen with Romeo about twenty.[2] The common English people of that age were very rarely in their teens when they married and even among the nobility and gentry of the age, brides 13 years of age were rare, at about one in 1,000 brides; in that era, the vast majority of English brides were at least 19 years of age when they first married, most commonly at about 23 years, and most English noblewomen were at least 16 when they married. That the parts of young women were played by pre-adolescent boys in Shakespeare's day also cannot be overlooked; it is possible that Shakespeare had the physique of a young boy in mind during composition, in addition to the fact that Romeo and Juliet are of wealthy families and would be more likely to marry earlier than commoners.[3] At the time, English noblewomen married on average at 19–21 years (compared to 24–26 years for English noblemen) while the average marriage age in England was 25–26 years for women and 27–28 for men.[4]
The common belief in Elizabethan England was that motherhood before 16 was dangerous; popular manuals of health, as well as observations of married life, led Elizabethans to believe that early marriage and its consummation permanently damaged a young woman's health, impaired a young man's physical and mental development, and produced sickly or stunted children. Therefore, 18 came to be considered the earliest reasonable age for motherhood and 20 and 30 the ideal ages for women and men, respectively, to marry. Shakespeare might also have reduced Juliet's age from 16 to 13 to demonstrate the dangers of marriage at too young an age; that Shakespeare himself married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 might hold some significance.[2]
In modern-day Veronaedit
Casa di Giuliettaedit
Bronze statue of Juliet in VeronaThe entrance wall known as Juliet's wall
In Verona, an early 14th-century house at Via Cappello no. 23, claiming to be the Capulets' has been turned into a tourist attraction. It is, however, mostly empty. The actual family name in Italian was Cappelletti, a noble family, and not Capuleti. Cappelletti had in the past been members of the light cavalry of the Republic of Venice and had fought for it since the 13th century. They were originally from Dalmatia and Albania. The house, with its distinctive balcony, is one of the most visited sites in Verona. In its small courtyard is a bronze statue of Juliet. The metal surface across its chest is polished from constant handling, due to a legend stating that if a person strokes the right breast of the statue, they will have good fortune and luck in love.[5]
Many people write their names and the names of loved ones on the walls of the entrance, known as Juliet's wall. In 2019,[6] after a restoration and cleaning of the building, it was intended that further writing should be on replaceable panels[7] or white sheets[8] placed outside the wall.
It is also a tradition to put small love letters on the walls (which is done by the thousands each year), which are regularly taken down by employees to keep the courtyard clean.[9]
Another tradition that occurs in Juliet's courtyard is writing one's name and that of a loved one on a lock and attaching it to a large ornamental gate in the back left.
Club di Giuliettaedit
Since the 1930s, letters addressed to Juliet have arrived in Verona. As of 2010, more than 5,000 letters were received annually, three-quarters of which were from women. The largest single group of senders was American teenagers.[10] The letters are read and replied to by local volunteers, organised since the 1980s in the Club di Giulietta (Juliet Club), which is financed by the City of Verona.[10] The club has been the subject of a book by Lise and Ceil Friedman and is the setting for a 2010 American film, Letters to Juliet.
Juliet's purported balcony, in Verona. Beneath it, on the walls, there are love letters.
Love letter wall, Verona
Love locket wall beneath the balcony, Verona
Performersedit
George Dawe's 1816's Study for Miss O'Neill as Juliet
A number of famous actresses and some actors have portrayed the role of Juliet:
Mary Saunderson was the first woman to play Juliet professionally. Previous actors had all been males.[11]
Peggy Ashcroft was one of the most well-known Juliets in history, most famously in the 1935 London production directed by John Gielgud, in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio.
Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, cast to portray Romeo and Juliet in the 2024 West End production
Animationedit
In Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss, Juliet is portrayed as a white seal and is voiced by Patricia Trippett, while her brother Daniel was the voice of the brown seal Romeo.
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child is a loosely-based Japanese animation film adaptation, with Mami Koyama voicing Malta the Fire Child and Tōru Furuya as Sirius the Sea Prince; Tony Oliver and an uncredited voice actress portrayed the characters in the English adaptation.
Fictional performersedit
The Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love depicts history's first Juliet as being illegally played by a noblewoman named Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is romantically involved with William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes).
In her music video Love Story, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift played the part of Juliet. The plot was transformed to a happy ending, instead of tragic.
In the credits of Toy Story 3, one of the Squeeze Toy Aliens/LGMs play the role of Juliet while wearing a dress, a wig and a princess hat.
In the climax of "Casting Call" from The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, after Camille Wallaby solves the episode's mystery with help from fellow protagonists Alfred and Milo, she is chosen to portray Juliet in a production of the play.
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^. DesenzanoItaly.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^ ab Hooper, John (19 May 2010). "Dear Juliet: the fans who write to Shakespeare's heroine". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ Halio, Jay (1998). Romeo and Juliet. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 100. ISBN0-313-30089-5.
^ Sneider, Jeff (21 June 2011). "Douglas Booth, thou art 'Romeo'". Variety. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^"Miriam-Teak Lee to star as Juliet in new West End musical about Shakespeare's character". Whatsonstage.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^"& Juliet Announces Full Broadway Cast". Playbill.com. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^"Oxford's students are diversifying their theatre scene – gal-dem". gal-dem.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^News, A. B. C. "Tom Holland, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and more to star in West End production of 'Romeo & Juliet'". ABC News. Retrieved 14 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Referencesedit
Bevington, David, Ed. Romeo and Juliet, The Bantam Shakespeare (New York, 1988)
Levenson, Jill L., Ed. Romeo and Juliet, The Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford, 2000)
Further readingedit
"Juliet's Taming of Romeo" Carolyn E. Brown; SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, Vol. 36, 1996
"A Psychological Profile of Shakespeare's Juliet: Or Was It Merely Hormones?" Nancy Compton Warmbrod The English Journal, Vol. 69, No. 9 (Dec. 1980), p. 29
External linksedit
Media related to Juliet at Wikimedia Commons
The Juliet club in Verona
The fanlisting for Juliet 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Juliet Character Analysis
Why Did Shakespeare Make Juliet Thirteen Years Old?
January 01, 1970
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For other uses see Juliet disambiguation Juliet Capulet Italian Giulietta Capuleti is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet A 13 year old girl Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet She falls in love with the male protagonist Romeo a member of the House of Montague with which the Capulets have a blood feud The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself Juliet CapuletRomeo and Juliet characterThe balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet as depicted by Frank Dicksee 1884 First appearanceRomeo and Julietc 1591 95Created byWilliam ShakespeareBased onJuliet from The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet 1561 In universe informationFamilyLord Capulet father Lady Capulet mother Lord Montague father in law Lady Montague mother in law Tybalt Capulet cousin Rosaline Capulet cousin Benvolio Montague cousin by marriage SpouseRomeo MontagueNationalityItalian Juliet by Philip H Calderon 1888 Contents 1 Juliet s age 2 In modern day Verona 2 1 Casa di Giulietta 2 2 Club di Giulietta 3 Performers 3 1 Animation 3 2 Fictional performers 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksJuliet s age editAs the story occurs Juliet is approaching her fourteenth birthday She was born on Lammas Eve at night 1 August so Juliet s birthday is 31 July 1 3 19 Her birthday is a fortnight hence putting the action of the play in mid July 1 3 17 Her father states that she hath not seen the change of fourteen years 1 2 9 In many cultures and time periods women married and had children at a young age Lady Capulet had given birth to her first child by the time she had reached Juliet s age By my count I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid 1 3 74 75 Even Capulet tries to encourage Count Paris a wealthy suitor to wait a little longer before even thinking of marrying his daughter feeling that she is still too young She hath not seen the change of fourteen years Let two more summers wither in their pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride However in the English poem the story is based on Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke 1 Juliet is approaching her sixteenth birthday and Romeo is the same age whereas in the Bandello novella she is nearly eighteen with Romeo about twenty 2 The common English people of that age were very rarely in their teens when they married and even among the nobility and gentry of the age brides 13 years of age were rare at about one in 1 000 brides in that era the vast majority of English brides were at least 19 years of age when they first married most commonly at about 23 years and most English noblewomen were at least 16 when they married That the parts of young women were played by pre adolescent boys in Shakespeare s day also cannot be overlooked it is possible that Shakespeare had the physique of a young boy in mind during composition in addition to the fact that Romeo and Juliet are of wealthy families and would be more likely to marry earlier than commoners 3 At the time English noblewomen married on average at 19 21 years compared to 24 26 years for English noblemen while the average marriage age in England was 25 26 years for women and 27 28 for men 4 The common belief in Elizabethan England was that motherhood before 16 was dangerous popular manuals of health as well as observations of married life led Elizabethans to believe that early marriage and its consummation permanently damaged a young woman s health impaired a young man s physical and mental development and produced sickly or stunted children Therefore 18 came to be considered the earliest reasonable age for motherhood and 20 and 30 the ideal ages for women and men respectively to marry Shakespeare might also have reduced Juliet s age from 16 to 13 to demonstrate the dangers of marriage at too young an age that Shakespeare himself married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 might hold some significance 2 In modern day Verona editCasa di Giulietta edit nbsp Bronze statue of Juliet in Verona nbsp The entrance wall known as Juliet s wall In Verona an early 14th century house at Via Cappello no 23 claiming to be the Capulets has been turned into a tourist attraction It is however mostly empty The actual family name in Italian was Cappelletti a noble family and not Capuleti Cappelletti had in the past been members of the light cavalry of the Republic of Venice and had fought for it since the 13th century They were originally from Dalmatia and Albania The house with its distinctive balcony is one of the most visited sites in Verona In its small courtyard is a bronze statue of Juliet The metal surface across its chest is polished from constant handling due to a legend stating that if a person strokes the right breast of the statue they will have good fortune and luck in love 5 Many people write their names and the names of loved ones on the walls of the entrance known as Juliet s wall In 2019 6 after a restoration and cleaning of the building it was intended that further writing should be on replaceable panels 7 or white sheets 8 placed outside the wall It is also a tradition to put small love letters on the walls which is done by the thousands each year which are regularly taken down by employees to keep the courtyard clean 9 Another tradition that occurs in Juliet s courtyard is writing one s name and that of a loved one on a lock and attaching it to a large ornamental gate in the back left Club di Giulietta edit Since the 1930s letters addressed to Juliet have arrived in Verona As of 2010 more than 5 000 letters were received annually three quarters of which were from women The largest single group of senders was American teenagers 10 The letters are read and replied to by local volunteers organised since the 1980s in the Club di Giulietta Juliet Club which is financed by the City of Verona 10 The club has been the subject of a book by Lise and Ceil Friedman and is the setting for a 2010 American film Letters to Juliet nbsp Juliet s purported balcony in Verona Beneath it on the walls there are love letters nbsp Love letter wall Verona nbsp Love locket wall beneath the balcony VeronaPerformers edit nbsp George Dawe s 1816 s Study for Miss O Neill as Juliet A number of famous actresses and some actors have portrayed the role of Juliet Mary Saunderson was the first woman to play Juliet professionally Previous actors had all been males 11 Eliza O Neill played Juliet at Covent Garden in 1814 nbsp Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard as Romeo and JulietKatharine Cornell had a notable Broadway success as Juliet opposite Basil Rathbone as Romeo in 1934 and revived the production with Maurice Evans as Romeo and Ralph Richardson as Mercutio the following year Peggy Ashcroft was one of the most well known Juliets in history most famously in the 1935 London production directed by John Gielgud in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio Norma Shearer in George Cukor s Romeo and Juliet 1936 Leslie Howard was her Romeo Adriana Caselotti as Juliet in the Tin Man s song in Victor Fleming s The Wizard of Oz 1939 Judi Dench portrayed Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli s 1960 London production at the Old Vic theatre Olivia Hussey portrayed Juliet in Zeffirelli s 1968 film Romeo and Juliet opposite Leonard Whiting as Romeo Niamh Cusack portrayed Juliet in 1986 with The Royal Shakespeare Company Sean Bean was her Romeo Claire Danes was Juliet in Baz Luhrmann s modernized 1996 version Romeo Juliet alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo Cecilia Cara originated the role of Juliet in the French musical Romeo et Juliette in 2001 Gugu Mbatha Raw portrayed Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre s 2005 production James Patrick Davis portrayed Juliet in an all male 2008 production with Shakespeare Theatre Company opposite actor Finn Wittrock as Romeo Hailee Steinfeld portrayed Juliet in Carlo Carlei s film adaptation opposite Douglas Booth as Romeo 12 Deepika Padukone portrayed Juliet in Sanjay Leela Bhansali s 2013 Hindi adaptation of Romeo and Juliet Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela translated as A Play of Bullets Ram Leela opposite Ranveer Singh as Romeo Teresa Palmer portrayed Julie Grigio Juliet s analogue in the 2013 zombie movie adaptation Warm Bodies opposite Nicholas Hoult as R the film s zombified Romeo analogue In the 2019 West End musical amp Juliet Juliet is played by actress Miriam Teak Lee 13 Lorna Courtney portrayed Juliet in the 2022 Broadway version of amp Juliet 14 Francesca Amewudah Rivers born to a Ghanaian father and Nigerian mother 15 was cast to portray Juliet in a 2024 West End production alongside Tom Holland as Romeo 16 nbsp Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah Rivers cast to portray Romeo and Juliet in the 2024 West End production Animation edit In Romeo amp Juliet Sealed with a Kiss Juliet is portrayed as a white seal and is voiced by Patricia Trippett while her brother Daniel was the voice of the brown seal Romeo Fumie Mizusawa voices Juliet in the heroic fantasy adaptation Romeo x Juliet by the Japanese animation studio GONZO with Takahiro Mizushima voicing Romeo Brina Palencia and Chris Burnett portrayed the characters in the English language dub Kristin Fairlie voices Juliet in the children s TV series Peg Cat In Gnomeo amp Juliet Juliet is a Lawn gnome voiced by Emily Blunt She reprises the role for the film s sequel Sherlock Gnomes The Sea Prince and the Fire Child is a loosely based Japanese animation film adaptation with Mami Koyama voicing Malta the Fire Child and Tōru Furuya as Sirius the Sea Prince Tony Oliver and an uncredited voice actress portrayed the characters in the English adaptation Fictional performers edit The Academy Award winning film Shakespeare in Love depicts history s first Juliet as being illegally played by a noblewoman named Viola de Lesseps Gwyneth Paltrow who is romantically involved with William Shakespeare Joseph Fiennes In her music video Love Story American singer songwriter Taylor Swift played the part of Juliet The plot was transformed to a happy ending instead of tragic In the credits of Toy Story 3 one of the Squeeze Toy Aliens LGMs play the role of Juliet while wearing a dress a wig and a princess hat In the climax of Casting Call from The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog after Camille Wallaby solves the episode s mystery with help from fellow protagonists Alfred and Milo she is chosen to portray Juliet in a production of the play In The Sims 2 Juliet reappears as Juliette Capp In the episode Chem Gems from Danger Rangers during the song called Don t Touch That the pink cat Kitty portrays Juliet In the sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place actress Bridgit Mendler portrays Juliet as a vampire and the Romeo of the show was Justin Russo portrayed by actor David Henrie In this episode their families feud is a result of rival submarine sandwich shops The internet franchise Epic Rap Battles of History features Grace Helbig as Juliet alongside Nice Peter as Romeo rapping against a fictionalized depiction of Bonnie and Clyde Isabela Merced plays the character in Rosaline 2022 See also edit amp Juliet 2019 musicalNotes edit The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet Arthur Brooke a b Franson J Karl Summer 1996 Too Soon Marr d Juliet s Age as Symbol in Romeo and Juliet Papers on Language amp Literature 32 3 Laslett Peter 1965 The World We Have Lost New York City Charles Scribner s Sons pp 82 86 ISBN 978 0415315272 Young Bruce W 2008 Family Life in the Age of Shakespeare Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press p 41 ISBN 978 0313342394 Vacation and Hotel Reviews Travel Photos and Pictures Travel Deals IgoUgo Booked net Retrieved 26 December 2021 Renato Groppo Casa di Giulietta Verona com Retrieved 10 November 2021 Veronissima Veronissima Juliet s Wall Graffiti Veronissima com Retrieved 4 November 2011 Terna02 Juliet s graffiti at the D Orsay Museum in Paris PremioTerna it 4 September 2009 Archived from the original on 7 September 2012 Retrieved 4 November 2011 Desenzano Lake Garda Italy Verona Romeo and Juliet DesenzanoItaly com Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 Retrieved 4 November 2011 a b Hooper John 19 May 2010 Dear Juliet the fans who write to Shakespeare s heroine The Guardian Retrieved 20 May 2010 Halio Jay 1998 Romeo and Juliet Westport Greenwood Press p 100 ISBN 0 313 30089 5 Sneider Jeff 21 June 2011 Douglas Booth thou art Romeo Variety Retrieved 4 November 2011 Miriam Teak Lee to star as Juliet in new West End musical about Shakespeare s character Whatsonstage com 25 January 2019 Retrieved 26 December 2021 amp Juliet Announces Full Broadway Cast Playbill com 11 October 2022 Retrieved 7 July 2023 Oxford s students are diversifying their theatre scene gal dem gal dem com Retrieved 14 April 2024 News A B C Tom Holland Francesca Amewudah Rivers and more to star in West End production of Romeo amp Juliet ABC News Retrieved 14 April 2024 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help References editBevington David Ed Romeo and Juliet The Bantam Shakespeare New York 1988 Levenson Jill L Ed Romeo and Juliet The Oxford Shakespeare Oxford 2000 Further reading edit Juliet s Taming of Romeo Carolyn E Brown SEL Studies in English Literature 1500 1900 Vol 36 1996 A Psychological Profile of Shakespeare s Juliet Or Was It Merely Hormones Nancy Compton Warmbrod The English Journal Vol 69 No 9 Dec 1980 p 29External links edit nbsp Media related to Juliet at Wikimedia Commons The Juliet club in Verona The fanlisting for Juliet Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Juliet Character Analysis Why Did Shakespeare Make Juliet Thirteen Years Old Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juliet amp oldid 1220516813, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
