Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague love each other but their two families hate each other. This hatred goes back so far that friends of both families also hate the other.

At the beginning of the play, Julet's father, Lord Capulet holds a masquerade ball attended by most of the noble families of Verona. Romeo sneaks in disguised to spy on a girl he fancies named Rosaline so he can measure her against the other young women but while he is there he falls madly in love with Juliet who outshines all the lovely young ladies at the ball.

Erstwhile, Juliet has also noticed Romeo and fallen in love with him. Romeo and Juliet exchange words that fix their fate and they become lovers.

They eventually marry in a secret ceremony performed by Friar Laurence, a priest and friend to the couple.

Shortly after the wedding ceremony Romeo encounters his friend Mercutio quarreling with Tybalt. Romeo tries to stop the fight when Tybalt mortally wounds Romeo's bestfriend Mercutio and Romeo, then kills Tybalt. The Prince of Verona then banishes Romeo.

Romeo manages to stay the night with his new bride Juliet and then escapes to Mantua.

Juliet's mother announces that her daughter must marry Paris, a nobleman and in a panic Juliet asks Friar Laurence what she should do and he tells her to drink a potion that will make her appear dead. After her family lays her in the family burial vault, the friar and Romeo will rescue her. Juliet agrees and the friar sends a message to Romeo that will explain the plan to him. By accident, that message never reaches Romeo but he does hear of his wife's death.

Grief stricken, Romeo buys a vile of poison and goes back to Verona so he can die beside his Juliet.

At the burial vault, Romeo comes across the nobleman Juliet was to marry, and his page and they begin to fight. The nobleman' page runs for help and Romeo kills Paris looks to his true love Juliet, whom he believes to be dead, swallows poison and dies.

After Juliet wakes up and sees the bodies, she also commits suicide.

The page returns with help and one of them sends for the Montagues, Capulets and the Prince of Verona.

The Prince arrives at the scene first, then the Capulets, and lastly the Montagues. They all see what has amounted from their feuding. The Montagues and the Capulets make peace with each other.