You want to leave already? It is far from day: It was the nightingale and not the lark that penetrated your anxious heart; it sings at night on the pomegranate tree there: Beloved, believe me, it was the nightingale. These words of Juliet to Romeo have surely been heard by everyone at least once. The story of the two lovers from Verona, who could not be together due to a family feud, has become world-famous thanks to William Shakespeare. It is continually re-staged, inspiring film and theater directors to create new interpretations time and again.