Wherefore art thou, Mariotto, Romeus, Rhomeo, Romeo, Etc.?
April 23, 2017 4:02 PM Subscribe
Three lines from Dante's Purgatorio (early 14th C.). A few motifs from Boccaccio's Decameron, 10th Day, 4th Tale (1353). Masuccio Salernitano's Mariotto and Gianozza (1476; orig. "Ganozza" [PDF]). Luigi da Porto's Giulietta and Romeo (1531; alt. translation). Matteo Bandello's Romeo and Giulietta (1554). Arthur Brooke's Romeus and Juliet (1562; orig. orthography). William Painter's Rhomeo and Iulietta (1567) ... These are just a few antecedents of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1597, etc.), according to Olin Moore's The Legend of Romeo and Juliet (1950; PDF).
Some interesting but lesser-known descendants can be sampled at the MIT Global Shakespeares video archive, e.g. Chicken Rice War (2000). Another recent version of note is Romeo and/or Juliet (2016) by Ryan North (previously).
Some interesting but lesser-known descendants can be sampled at the MIT Global Shakespeares video archive, e.g. Chicken Rice War (2000). Another recent version of note is Romeo and/or Juliet (2016) by Ryan North (previously).
Oh sorry, yeah, Chicken Rice War is a movie: IMDb; Wikipedia; YouTube.
posted by Wobbuffet at 4:37 PM on April 23, 2017
posted by Wobbuffet at 4:37 PM on April 23, 2017
Well Matteo Bandello's R&J is not poetic, kind of slash and burn fiction, but it is the exact story. Dang, so hum, amazing.
posted by Oyéah at 8:51 PM on April 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Oyéah at 8:51 PM on April 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't remember Mercutio's cold hands from Shakespeare. I guess I will search that out.
posted by Oyéah at 8:57 PM on April 23, 2017
posted by Oyéah at 8:57 PM on April 23, 2017
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