Directing a Scene From William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Directing a Scene From William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in the history

of the English language. He was born in the town of

Stratford-Upon-Avon. He wrote some of the most well known plays of

which one of these is Romeo and Juliet.

The story is set in Verona, Italy, and the main characters are, Romeo,

Juliet, Tybalt and Mercutio.

The story is about Rome and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers from two

feuding families, the Montague family and the Capulet family who have

been fighting on the streets of Verona for many years.

At the start of the story Romeo has a crush on Rosaline who does not

return love to Romeo. The Capulet family hold a party of which Rome

attends un-invited. It is this party where Romeo and Juliet meet.

After the party Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, sees Romeo and challenges him

to a duel, Rome and his friends accept. Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo's

best friend, and Romeo kills Tybalt. The prince of Verona banishes

Romeo. Juliet plans to spend the night with Rome before he is sent

away. Romeo and Juliet are married in Friar Laurence's church but

Juliet's father has already arranged her marriage to a local nobleman

Paris.

Juliet and the local Friar make a cunning plan to prevent Juliet from

marrying Paris. Juliet takes a drug that makes her seem to be dead for

forty-eight hours. Juliet's nurse finds Juliet and thinking she is

dead she alerts the Capulet house. Juliet's funeral is staged. Rome

finds out about Juliet's death and sets out to kill himself by her

side in the Capulet tomb, as he has no idea about the plans she has

made. Romeo goes to the Cap...

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...how that Capulet on the edge and about to lash out.

Lines 197-202 show Juliet pleading to her mother. "I am too young, I

pray you pardon me!" I would want the actress to beg on her knees and

have Lady Capulet looking away from her daughter in disgust.

The nurse in lines 214-226 does not agree with Juliet and she thinks

that Juliet may never see Romeo again so she should 'cut her losses'

and marry Paris. The Nurse should be speaking to Juliet in a consoling

voice trying to calm Juliet down but we see in Juliet's last speech

that this just infuriates Juliet more and Juliet has an outburst much

like her fathers. "Ancient Damnation! O most wicked fiend." Insulting

her nurse. I would want the actor to slap the nurse across the face

and storm out off the stage at the end leaving the nurse shocked at

the end of the scene.