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The play Romeo and Juliet has never been copyrighted so anyone can print out a copy and sell it without permission from anyone. This means that innumerable copies have been produced over the last 400 years, and there is no record of how many. Someone has guessed around the 200,000,000,000 mark. Could be.
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ViviIt is difficult to provide an exact number of copies of "Romeo and Juliet" that have been sold, as sales figures can vary by edition, publisher, and region. However, it is safe to say that "Romeo and Juliet" is one of William Shakespeare's most popular and widely-read works, with millions of copies sold worldwide since its first publication in the late 16th century. The play's enduring popularity and status as a literary classic ensure that it continues to be widely available in various formats and editions, contributing to its ongoing sales figures.
Nary a one. Why? Because Shakespeare wrote things (rarely things which he intended to have published) and acted in plays but did not sell any books.
He turned over the rights to his long poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece to a publisher but was involved in the printing process enough to write a dedication to his patron.
His plays were given to his theatrical company. The company, not Shakespeare, published them. There were also pirated copies.
There were pirated copies of the sonnets as well. Shakespeare may have given permission for the complete set to be published in 1609 but if so it is not clear from the dedicatory preface, which was written by the publisher.
So although over the centuries innumerable copies of Shakespeare's works in various combinations have been sold, Shakespeare did not sell any of them. The only ones he did get a benefit from were the two long poems
i mean there has to have been atleast 15 copies sold
Exact sales numbers for the Harry Potter books are unknown. It is known that by 2008 over 450 million copies had sold.
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What is the family name of Shakespeare's Juliet?
The Capulet Family, and Romeo is from the montague family. Both are equal in status!
How many acts are in romeo and Juliet have?
Romeo and Juliet is a five act play.
What is shakspeares most internationally famous play?
It is difficult to say. Most people have heard of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. They know the plays they studied in school. Many of them will not have any contact with Shakespeare after.
What category does William shakespeares Romeo and Juliet fall into?
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. Many people immediately think romance, and in fact it may be both, but the full title of the play is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
When Romeo sees Juliet on the balcony he compares her to a?
In Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo makes various comparisons in the balcony scene when he is talking to Juliet. In this scene in the play, Romeo refers to her variously as * the Sun * an angel * a fair saint Shakespeare also wrote many sonnets. His Sonnet number 18, which conceivably could have been spoken by Romeo to Juliet in the balcony scene, begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
