Romeo & Juliet A Ballet Timeline Richard Finkelstein, 1998 Romeo & Juliet has a long and proud history. Read and enjoy this ballet timeline, and quotations. 1562 ........................ Arthur Brooke writes the poem: Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet. This was inspired itself from a number of earlier versions by other authors 1593 Shakespeare writes Romeo & Juliet 1839 Romeo & Juliet ...