Romeo and Juliet – Plot Outline Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a love story, which ends in tragedy, when the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The Play starts off when the Montagues (Romeo’s family), and the Capulets (Juliet’s family) are arguing. Price Escalus, the Prince of Verona (Verona being the place where the two families live) stops the quarrel and orders the families to stop the feud. He tells them it has gone ....