Welcome to Escalus
The image to the right is an 1830s Lord Leighton Frederic painting. Escalus is the figure in the center.
Escalus as a character, appears in two of Shakespeare's plays; Romeo and Juliet and Measure for Measure.
Purpose of the Escalus Website
I am collecting Escalus resources and images to satisfy my own interest in Escalus and Shakespeare. So please consider this a personal website. There are no guarantees as to accurancy or completeness - I am not a scholar, just someone who has a love of literature, reading and poetry. Terms of Use.
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I can recommend these literary websites: (I have contributed to all of them in some way or other).- Bertolt Brecht
- Every Available Word Now
- Joyful Quotations
- Rudyard Kipling
- The Book of Tea
- William Blake
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Current version: Escalus.Com Version 6.09 (August 18, 2007)
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The image to the left is by Lord Leighton Frederic and is titled The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets Over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet (1853-55)