��� Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare retells the
Bard's great works in simple, folk-tale terms. To read Lamb's version of Romeo and
Juliet, follow the link to Terry A. Gray's excellent site, "Mr. William
Shakespeare and the Internet". The link (below) will take you directly to Lamb's Romeo
and Juliet.
Extract from Lamb's
Romeo and Juliet:
"The two chief families in Verona were the rich Capulets and the Montagues. There had been an old quarrel between these families, which was grown to such a height, and so deadly was the enmity between them, that it extended to the remotest kindred, to the followers and retainers of both sides, insomuch that a servant of the house of Montague could not meet a servant of the house of Capulet, nor a Capulet encounter with a Montague by chance, but fierce words and sometimes bloodshed ensued; and frequent were the brawls from such accidental meetings, which disturbed the happy quiet of Verona's streets."�
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