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According to [[The Shakespeare Notebooks|a publication]] which published much of the [[Shakespeare Notebooks]], it was "generally agreed" that Shakespeare took the [[poem]] ''[[The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet]]'' by [[Arthur Brook]] as its main inspiration. The play as it was reproduced in [[Quarto]] and [[Folio]] closely followed the narrative of the poem, using the same character names and the same ending, with the [[death]]s of both [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]] and [[Juliet Capulet|Juliet]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet (short story)|The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet]]'') | According to [[The Shakespeare Notebooks|a publication]] which published much of the [[Shakespeare Notebooks]], it was "generally agreed" that Shakespeare took the [[poem]] ''[[The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet]]'' by [[Arthur Brook]] as its main inspiration. The play as it was reproduced in [[Quarto]] and [[Folio]] closely followed the narrative of the poem, using the same character names and the same ending, with the [[death]]s of both [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]] and [[Juliet Capulet|Juliet]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet (short story)|The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet]]'') | ||
Shakespeare was inspired to begin writing the play upon meeting [[Tia Kofi (Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!)|Tia Kofi]], who had arrived in the past as part of [[Operation Time Fracture]]. He wrote Juliet with Kofi in mind. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)|Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!]]'') | Shakespeare was inspired to begin writing the play upon meeting [[Tia Kofi (Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!)|Tia Kofi]] (after it was commissioned by [[Elizabeth I]]), who had arrived in the past as part of [[Operation Time Fracture]]. He wrote Juliet with Kofi in mind. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)|Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!]]'') | ||
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