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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

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ACT II CHORUS. Scene I. An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden. Scene II. Capulet’s Garden. Scene III. Friar Lawrence’s Cell. Scene IV. A Street. Scene V. Capulet’s Garden. Scene VI. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.…

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  • AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #1513
  • Length24,777 words · 1h 39m of reading
  • Chapters26
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

26 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01THE PROLOGUE.
  2. 02Dramatis Personæ
  3. 03THE PROLOGUE
  4. 04SCENE I. A public place.
  5. 05SCENE II. A Street.
  6. 06SCENE III. Room in Capulet’s House.
  7. 07SCENE IV. A Street.
  8. 08SCENE V. A Hall in Capulet’s House.
  9. 09ACT II
  10. 10SCENE I. An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden.
  11. 11SCENE II. Capulet’s Garden.
  12. 12SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.
  13. 13SCENE IV. A Street.
  14. 14SCENE V. Capulet’s Garden.
  15. 15SCENE VI. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.
  16. 16SCENE I. A public Place.
  17. 17SCENE II. A Room in Capulet’s House.
  18. 18SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s cell.
  19. 19SCENE IV. A Room in Capulet’s House.
  20. 20SCENE I. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.
  21. 21SCENE II. Hall in Capulet’s House.
  22. 22SCENE III. Juliet’s Chamber.
  23. 23SCENE IV. Hall in Capulet’s House.
  24. 24SCENE V. Juliet’s Chamber; Juliet on the bed.
  25. 25SCENE I. Mantua. A Street.
  26. 26SCENE II. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.

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