| A | B |
|---|
| William Shakespeare | Actor and playwright |
| Romeo | Montague's only son |
| Juliet | Capulets only daughter |
| Friar lawrence | Romeo's confidant |
| Nurse | Juliet's confidant |
| Mercutio | He hath seen Queen Mab |
| Benvolio | loyal, peaceloving friend |
| Tybalt | Prince of Cats |
| Paris | loved Juliet, killed by Romeo |
| Lady Montague | kills herself over loss of son |
| Peter | The Nurse's servant |
| Balthasar | loyal servant to Romeo |
| Friar John | not a very good letter carrier |
| Lady Capulet | wants Juliet to marry Paris |
| Lord Capulet | threatens to throw Juliet out of the house |
| Rosaline | loves no man |
| Globe theater | Shakespeare's theater |
| Black flag | tragedy |
| white flag | comedy |
| red flag | history |
| Shakespeare's birthday | Same date as the day he died |
| groundlings | stood in the penny gallery |
| Prince | banished Romeo |
| the plague | often closed down the theaters |
| heaven and hell | parts of the globe stage |
