This edition features the original spelling and formatting from Shakespeare; it has not been modernized. 'Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.' Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic romance for the ages. When two young people fall in love, their feuding families cannot keep them apart.