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Romeo and Juliet 301 - 1 - PDF
Romeo and Juliet 301 - 1 - PDF
by
William Shakespeare
by
30 MINUTE VERSION
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LIST OF ROLES
Nurse to Juliet
An Apothecary
Citizens, Revellers
And Others
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PROLOGUE
SCENE 1
A street
ENTER SAMPSON and GREGORY of the house of
Capulet, in conversation.
GREGORY No.
BENVOLIO Part, fools. Put up your swords, you know not what you do.
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An insult the equivalent of or worse than the middle finger. Done in clear view of the Montagues.
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A name meaning goodwill the opposite of Malvolio, from Twelfth Night.
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ENTER TYBALT
They FIGHT
LADY MONTAGUE Thou shall not stir one foot to seek a foe.
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On pain of death, all men depart.
BENVOLIO In love?
ROMEO Out.
BENVOLIO Of love?
BENVOLIO Alas.
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Not having the thing which makes them seem short.
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Pretty, not necessarily blonde
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coz term of companionship, short for cousin.
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ROMEO Farewell, thou canst not teach me to forget.
SCENE 2
Outside
The House of
Capulet
CAPULET and PARIS in conversation
ENTER SERVANT
SERVANT Good een. My master is the great rich Capulet, and if you
be not of the house of Montagues I pray come and crush a
cup of wine. Rest you merry.
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Paris wishes to marry Juliet, there is a certain amount of sucking up to Capulet here.
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Capulet suggests Paris attend the party tonight and examine other beauties to see if he cant find
someone he prefers to Juliet.
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Een - afternoon
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EXIT ROMEO and BENVOLIO
SCENE 3
Capulets House
ENTER LADY CAPULET and NURSE
NURSE Juliet!
ENTER JULIET
SCENE 4
A street
ENTER ROMEO, BENVOLIO, MERCUTIO and
REVELLERS
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The party at Capulets
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It is not wise to go.
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MERCUTIO Why, may one ask?
EXIT all
SCENE 5
Capulets House
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CAPULET Young Romeo is it?
Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.
EXIT TYBALT
THEY KISS
EXIT JULIET
EXIT NURSE
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The punishment for touching Juliets hand is to kiss it.
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Romeo compares hands held together in prayer and lips held together when kissing. It would be
illustrative to the audience if the couple held hands palm to palm.
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ROMEO Ay, so I fear; the more is my unrest.
EXIT all
SCENE 6
Outside the walls of
the House of Capulet
SCENE 7
Capulets Orchard
ROMEO hides
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JULIET Ay me!
JULIET If any of my kinsmen find thee here they will murder thee.
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Wherefore in this context means why. She is asking why the man she loves must be Romeo, the
Montague.
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Unless you love me, let them find me, Id rather die than live without your love.
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JULIET Do not swear at all. Or if thou wilt-
NURSE Madam!
EXIT JULIET
SCENE 8
Friar Lawrences
Cell
FRIAR LAWRENCE in his cell
ENTER ROMEO
FRIAR LAWRENCE Thats my good son; but be plain, where hast thou been
then?
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Spiritual rather than supernatural
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That thou consent to marry us today.
EXIT both
SCENE 9
A street
ENTER MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO
ROMEO Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?
[ENTER NURSE]
NURSE Gentlemen, can any of you tell me where I may find the
young Romeo?
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I willl help you for one reason; your marriage may reconcile your feuding families.
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Good afternoon.
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EXIT MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO
NURSE First let me tell ye, if ye should lead her in a fools paradise,
as they say, it were a very gross kind of behaviour, truly it
were an ill thing-
EXIT both
SCENE 10
Capulets house.
JULIET awaits her nurse
ENTER NURSE
JULIET How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath
To say to me that thou art out of breath?
Is thy news good, or bad? Answer to that.
SCENE 11
Friar Lawrence Cell
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Shrift was confession. Shrived meant the act of confession which was required before receiving the
sacrament of marriage.
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ROMEO waits with FRIAR LAWRENCE in a single
spotlight. JULIET ENTERS with NURSE by her side.
JULIET joins ROMEO, they join hands and gaze into
each others eyes.
They kiss.
EXIT all
SCENE 12
A street
ENTER BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO
MERCUTIO And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something;
make it a word and a blow.
TYBALT Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries thou hast done me.
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And so, good Capulet, which name I tender
As dearly as mine own, be satisfied.
MERCUTIO Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives.
MERCUTIO Twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a
grave man. A plague o both your houses.
A plague o both your houses.
MERCUTIO dies
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Tybalt is known as the Prince of Cats. Mercutio reduces this name to a catcher of vermin and
nothing else.
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Mercutios soul has not yet left the earth, he waits for yours to keep him company. Either yours or
mine, or both must go with him i.e. either you, I or both of us die.
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BENVOLIO Romeo, away, be gone. The prince will doom thee to death.
Hence, be gone, away!
EXIT all
SCENE 13
Juliets bedroom
JULIET awaits news from her nurse
ENTER NURSE
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NURSE We are undone, lady, we are undone.
Alack the day, hes gone, hes killed, hes dead.
NURSE Will you speak well of him that killed your cousin?
EXIT NURSE
EXIT JULIET
SCENE 14
Friar Lawrence Cell
FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO
KNOCKING
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More knocking
ENTER NURSE
ROMEO Where is she? And how doth she? And what says
My concealed lady to our cancelled love?
EXIT NURSE
ROMEO Farewell.
EXIT ROMEO
EXIT FRIAR LAWRENCE
SCENE 15
Capulets House
PARIS and CAPULET in discussion
EXIT both
SCENE 16
Juliets Bedroom
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This time of grief has no place for trying to win Juliet.
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ROMEO and JULIET together
Sfx. BIRDSONG
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Romeo leaves through the window; there is no life without Romeo.
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LADY CAPULET Evermore weeping for your cousins death?
Well, well, thou hast a careful father, child;
One who, to put thee from thy heaviness
Hath sorted out a sudden day of joy.
ENTER CAPULET
EXIT CAPULET
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NURSE Romeo is banished, and all the world to nothing.
I think you are happy in this second match,
For it excels your first; or, if it did not,
Your first is dead, or twere as good he were.
JULIET [Pause]
Go in, and tell my lady I am gone,
Having displeased my father, to Lawrence cell,
To make confession and to be absolved.
EXIT NURSE
EXIT JULIET
SCENE 17
Friar Lawrence Cell
PARIS and FRIAR LAWRENCE in conversation
FRIAR LAWRENCE [to himself] I would I knew not why it should be slowed.28
Look sir, here comes the lady towards my cell.
ENTER JULIET
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I wish I didnt know why the marriage has to be delayed!
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FRIAR LAWRENCE My leisure serves me, pensive daughter now.
My lord, we must entreat the time alone.
EXIT JULIET
EXIT FRIAR LAWRENCE
SCENE 18
Juliets Bedroom
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LADY CAPULET and NURSE preparing JULIET for her
wedding day
FRIAR JOHN I could not send it, nor get a messenger to bring it thee.
Here it is again -
SCENE 20
Mantua
ROMEO awaits news from Verona
ENTER BALTHAZAR
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BALTHAZAR Then she is well and nothing can be ill.
Her body sleeps in Capels monument.
ROMEO [PAUSE]
Is it een so? Then I defy you, stars!
I will hence tonight.
EXIT BALTHAZAR
EXIT both
SCENE 21
Capels Monument
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Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! And lips,
Seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing Death!
[he kisses her]
Heres to my love [he drinks] O true apothecary,
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
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PRINCE Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague,
See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love;
And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished.
THE END
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Montague will build a statue in Juliets honour that will not be rivalled.
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