story of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about romance written by William Shakespeare. In this play two young adults from feuding families fall in love with each other. Due to the circumstances of their families’ feud, the two must keep their love hidden, this includes hiding their marriage. After an altercation between the two families that leads to two people dying, the only way to stay together is to fake another death. This fake death leads to the suicides of both Romeo Montague