does any one know when romeo and juliet takes place?

Question

i know when shakespeare wrote it but what year is the play set in?

Answer 1

Shakespeare wrote this love/tragedy story around 1595/6, so I'd imagine that he wrote it as a "same time period story".

It is unknown when exactly Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. Juliet's nurse refers to an earthquake which she says occurred eleven years ago[11]. An earthquake did occur in England in 1580, possibly dating that particular line to 1591. But the play's stylistic similarities with A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as evidence of performances at the time (the play was becoming popular at around 1595), place the writing between 1595 and 1596. One widely-accepted conjecture has that Shakespeare may have begun a draft in 1591, which he completed in 1595-6

Answer 2

There is no way to tell for sure when the play takes place. Shakespeare did not specify a date.

Answer 3

verona, italy i think