Decorum refers to the appropriateness of actions, which should be in accordance with the characters being portrayed and this essay will discuss the importance of this concept in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet. Given that these two were written as plays, and were penned with the vision of having the characters being played out on stage and portrayed as real characters, decorum is a relevant concept for actors to understand to deliver the roles as real and relatable. And to this end, decorum means certain values or things that are shown on the stage be appropriate, and in line with the level of audience. Decorum in the Shakespearean times was important, as people of that time abided by the formalities and regarded propriety highly, and it is order to study the norms and the traditions of that time that studying decorum in Shakespeare’s plays is important