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Romeo and juliet in MLA
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Do you mean how to cite William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in MLA style? Below are common MLA 9 examples (works cited entries and matching in-text citation formats) for a few situations.
1) Standalone printed edition (book)
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992.
In-text:
Use act.scene.line numbers: (Shakespeare 2.2.34–36)
2) Play in an anthology
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. “Romeo and Juliet.” The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton, 2016, pp. 1330–1372.
In-text:
(Shakespeare 1.1.45–47)
(Note: The title of the play is in quotation marks when it appears in an anthology; the anthology title is italicized.)
3) Online edition
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Folger Digital Texts, https://www.folger.edu/romeo-and-juliet. Accessed 29 Sept. 2025.
In-text:
(Shakespeare 3.1.125–28)
(MLA recommends including the URL. Access dates are optional but useful for web texts that may change.)
4) Film adaptation (example: 1996 film)
Works Cited:
Romeo + Juliet. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, 20th Century Fox, 1996.
In-text:
Use the film title or director: (Romeo + Juliet) or (Luhrmann)
Quick tips:
- For plays, cite act, scene, and line numbers instead of page numbers (format: act.scene.line — e.g., 2.2.14).
- If you quote or refer to a specific edition that has editors or translators, include them in the works cited entry.
- If you want, tell me which edition or source you’re using and I can produce the exact MLA entry for your Works Cited.
1) Standalone printed edition (book)
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992.
In-text:
Use act.scene.line numbers: (Shakespeare 2.2.34–36)
2) Play in an anthology
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. “Romeo and Juliet.” The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton, 2016, pp. 1330–1372.
In-text:
(Shakespeare 1.1.45–47)
(Note: The title of the play is in quotation marks when it appears in an anthology; the anthology title is italicized.)
3) Online edition
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Folger Digital Texts, https://www.folger.edu/romeo-and-juliet. Accessed 29 Sept. 2025.
In-text:
(Shakespeare 3.1.125–28)
(MLA recommends including the URL. Access dates are optional but useful for web texts that may change.)
4) Film adaptation (example: 1996 film)
Works Cited:
Romeo + Juliet. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, 20th Century Fox, 1996.
In-text:
Use the film title or director: (Romeo + Juliet) or (Luhrmann)
Quick tips:
- For plays, cite act, scene, and line numbers instead of page numbers (format: act.scene.line — e.g., 2.2.14).
- If you quote or refer to a specific edition that has editors or translators, include them in the works cited entry.
- If you want, tell me which edition or source you’re using and I can produce the exact MLA entry for your Works Cited.