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Romeo and Juliet escape rooms

Five self-checking escape rooms on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, one for each act. Every answer comes from the act, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. They suit high school English classes and homeschoolers from about grade 8.

No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See the rooms on all twelve plays.

Room by room

• Act 1: The Capulet Feast. The Prologue, the street brawl, Romeo's love for Rosaline, Paris's request to marry Juliet, Mercutio's teasing, the Capulet feast and the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet.
• Act 2: Wherefore Art Thou. Romeo in the Capulet orchard, the vows at Juliet's window, Friar Lawrence's help, Tybalt's challenge, the Nurse's errand and the secret wedding.
• Act 3: Both Your Houses. Tybalt's challenge, the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, Romeo's banishment, the lovers' one night together, and Capulet's plan to marry Juliet to Paris.
• Act 4: Two and Forty Hours. Juliet's meeting with Paris at Friar Lawrence's cell, the Friar's plan and the vial, the wedding brought forward, Juliet's fears as she drinks, and the household's grief when she is found.
• Act 5: A Glooming Peace. Romeo in Mantua, the poison bought from the Apothecary, the letter that never arrives, the deaths in the Capulet tomb, Friar Lawrence's story and the peace between the families.