ROMEO AND JULIET
ROMANCE OF TRADITION The historians of Verona have decided that all the romance about Romeo and Juliet is mere tradition. The Capulets, it appears, never lived in that city; Juliet never existed. Local tradition was responsible for the story of their unfortunate attachment, but Shakespeare wove it into an immortal play, for which everybody will be grateful. The tablet on the wall pf the bocalled house of Juliet is to be replaced by another, which will explain that local tradition, and not the historians, sanctioned the legend and inspired the greatest of poets. In short, the guides can no longer say, pointing to the famous balcony, " Here Juliet stood," but " Here, tradition says, Juliet lived, but it is not true." The historians of Verona explain that nobody named Capulet ever owned property in the city and that the name belonged to a political faction, not to a family.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21473, 22 April 1933, Page 9 (Supplement)
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