Why doesn't Romeo receive Friar Laurence's message?

The literary giant, William Shakespeare, is the author of "Romeo and Juliet." The play ranks as one of the most popular works of Shakespeare. It has been adapted for opera, film and stage. The story revolves around two young lovers from Verona who, at the end of the play, die by their own hands. Ironically, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet reconcile their feuding families.