did it face any criticism?
Yes, by Samuel Pepys.
Romeo and Juliet
The earliest known critic of the play was diarist Samuel Pepys, who wrote in 1662: "it is a play of itself the worst that I ever heard in my life." Poet John Dryden wrote 10 years later in praise of the play and its comic character Mercutio: "Shakespear show'd the best of his skill in his "Mercutio", and he said himself, that he was forc'd to kill him in the third Act, to prevent being killed by him." Criticism of the play in the 18th century 
when did the play romeo and juliet take place Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595. who composed it? William Shakespeare. what is the work about? Its about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. what are the themes ? A discovery by the characters that human beings are neither wholly good nor wholly evil, but instead are more or less alike.
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Romeo and Juliet [SEP] Critical history
The earliest known critic of the play was diarist Samuel Pepys, who wrote in 1662: "it is a play of itself the worst that I ever heard in my life." Poet John Dryden wrote 10 years later in praise of the play and its comic character Mercutio: "Shakespear show'd the best of his skill in his "Mercutio", and he said himself, that he was forc'd to kill him in the third Act, to prevent being killed by him." Criticism of the play in the 18th century was less sparse but no less divided. Publisher Nicholas Rowe was the first critic to ponder the theme of the play, which he saw as the just punishment of the two feuding families.