Romeo and Juliet Project script

Scene 1.5

In this scene, we are going to show the scene that Romeo and Juliet first meet each other.

Settings: Club, LOUD MUSIC, CROWD

Characters: Romeo(James), Juliet(Olivia)

Costumes: Casual

At least five people are acting funny.

Romeo is talking to his friends. He saw Juliet and came to her.

Because of the loud music, people can't really hear each other. Romeo and Juliet repeat the lines again and again. Juliet shakes Romeo. People are dancing. Romeo’s friends make fun of Romeo.

R: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

J: Good pilgrim. For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.

R: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

J: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

R: O then, let lips do what hands do

J: Saints do not move.

R: Then move not.

(He kisses her)

my sin is purged

J: Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

R: Sin from my lips? Give me my sin again.

(Kiss again)

(Juliet exits)

2.2

Juliet acts creepy(obsessed with Romeo)

J: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. What’s in a name? Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title.

R: I take thee at thy word!

(Runs to Juliet’s house and climbs up to the balcony)

Music: Mission Impossible

I never will be Romeo! (his face and clothes are dirty)

J: (Juliet shocked as hell) What man art thou that? So stumblest on my counsel?

Art thou not Romeo and a Montague?

R: Neither. If either thee dislike.

J: (Worried, and shocked) the place death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee here.

R: Thy kinsmen no stop to me.

J: They will murder you thee!

(Nurse calls from within)

(Romeo is frightened and tries to hide somewhere)

J: Stay but a little, I will come again.

(Juliet exits)

R: O blessed, blessed night!

(3 seconds later she comes back)

Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed.

R: If my heart’s dear love...

(from inside) Nurse: Madam!

(Romeo is frightened again and almost crying)

J: I come---- A thousand times good night.

(She exits)

Scene 3.1

Characters: Romeo(Joseph), Mercutio(James), Tybalt(Ryan).

(though it is modern time period, they use sword to fight) 

Walk in peacefully. (With a good mood)

Tybalt: Gentlemen, Good e’en.

M: Make it a word and blow.

T: You shall find me apt enough to that sir, an you will give me occasion. Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo.

M: What? dost thou make us minstrels? An thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. Here’s my fiddlestick ; here’s that shall make you dance. Zounds , consort!

M: Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man . Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain.

Romeo walks in

R: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.

M: Tybalt, you rat catcher , will you walk?

T: What wouldst thou have with me?

Start fighting

R: Tybalt, Mercutio, The Prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets.

Romeo holds Mercutio.

Tybalt stabs Mercutio.

M: I am hurt. A plague o’ both houses! I am sped .’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as the church's door. M Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
I thought all for the best.

R: This day’s black fate on more days doth depend. This but begins the woe others must end. Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul.

T: Thou wretched boy that didst consort him here Shalt with him hence.

They fight, Romeo stabs tybalt.
Remember: when Romeo stabs SLOW MOTION
Tybalt dies.
Romeo is horrified, and he runs away.

Comic version of Romeo and Juliet

Comic version of Romeo And Juliet

 In this project, our group is going to adapt comedy to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is really beautiful story and it's full of poetic lines, but we thought it will be extremely hilarious if we change some settings and how we act. Sarcasm will be the main literary feature of the new play. For example, the show, Saturday Night Live, performs serious and heavy plays hilariously by changing settings, how they act, and emphasizing some ironic situations. We will approach every lines in new perspective, so that modern audiences can forget about how beautiful the original story was. Approaching the story with totally new perspective and coming up with funny ideas of new settings will help us to think more critically and creatively.

 We will perform the scene 1.5, 2.2 and 3.1. First, scene 1.5 is the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet. The most of their lines are so poetic and beautiful, and we have to stay in original language, so we will have hard time to compose a funny scene. However, Romeo is only 16 years old boy, so he wouldn't have that much experience at saying those beautiful words which also can sound hilarious to others. Scene 2.2 is the balcony scene which is one of the most beautiful scene. We are going to have slight change of settings like Juliet is actually staying at 35th floor of extremely high hotel or actually everything is happening through social media, so that we can add some hilarious sources by the things that can actually happen in modern days. Finally in the scene 3.1, the fight scene of Tybalt and Mercutio, they will act like really dumb. They've never actually killed someone before, and never even dreamed of it. Also we can add slow motion in the scene, so that we can emphasize exaggerated facial expressions.

 We will need at least 2 people for the scene 1.5. Olivia will be Juliet and Ryan will be Romeo and we might put more people to express the crowded party. For the scene 2.2, we also need at least 2 people and to divide the lines evenly, we can change the actors from the first scene. Lastly, at least 3 people will be in the scene 3.1.

act 3 scene 5

http://youtu.be/uqDzeEi6LTg

Death (Sun rises after dark)

The term death appears a lot of times in Act 3, scene 3. Romeo expresses banishment which is the punishment for killing Tybalt as a death. Death generally means the end of the life or everything that makes us to exist. Living out of City Verona is same thing with living in hell to Romeo especially because Juliet isn't there. Human beings wants to avoid their death when they have precious existence such as someone who they love and also because no one knows what will happen after it. Also, death actually affects to others rather than a person who really dies. For example, if Romeo gets kicked out from the city, then his family, friends, and people who were close to him especially Juliet will be in deep sorrow missing his existence. However, death always gets substituted by new birth that fills another part in our heart. End of the story brings the new beginning of the whole different story, like Romeo and Juliet's death brings peace between the two incorrigible households.

Iambic pentameter

I like to look the stars and moon at night.
Oh night can only bright the stars and moon.