BaylonTheGrey
BaylonTheGrey t1_j8ck34b wrote
Reply to comment by 647843267e in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
The original.
The original Romeo and Juliet.
The original Romeo and Juliet...that WASN'T written by William Shakespeare.
In that story...she's 16?
And...and William Shakespeare...rewrote it.
And made her 13?
That's....that's what you're saying?
BaylonTheGrey t1_j8fhvgk wrote
Reply to comment by twinparadox in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Based on is not the same thing.
Shakespeare wrote an entire play based on a Poem.
They are similar stories but not the same thing.