Romeo and Juliet: A Love Story Thwarted by Family Feuds, Schemes and Mind Maps of Dance

Download Romeo and Juliet: A Love Story Thwarted by Family Feuds and more Schemes and Mind Maps Dance in PDF only on Docsity! ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare Adapted/Directed by Oh, Tae Suk, Mokhwa Repertory Company, Korea TYBALT, the YOUNG CAPULETS and YOUNG MONTAGUES dance, signifying the rivalry between the two households. <Enter the PRINCE> PRINCE Another fight? You men, you beasts, From those bloody swords, Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground And hear the sound of the moved public. Fight no more! (Exits.) (MERCUTIO appears dressed as a woman) MERCUTIO Fight no more! Fight no more! Rebellious subjects, enemies to the peace, When the fire of your destructive rage burns down this city, no mercy will I have. You must remember. Remember! ALL Remember! YOUNG CAPULET Here comes the red kite! YOUNG CAPULET It's the Nurse. (Enter NURSE accompanied by YOUNG LADIES) NURSE Hey, young Capulets! Badger! Frog! Lizard! Raccoon! Octopus! Grasshopper! Stop playing and go fetch the flowers for tonight! TYBALT What flowers? NURSE Speaking of these flowers, When well-appareled April on the heel Of limping winter treads. ALL On the heel. Feast at the Capulet's The NURSE and her ASSISTANT appear and perform a traditional blessing. LADY CAPULET signals for the feast to begin. A group of YOUNG LADIES appear and prepare a line of tables for the feast, then begin to dance, mingling with ROMEO, MERCUTIO and the YOUNG MONTAGUES. TYBALT and the YOUNG CAPULETS enter and perform a traditional drum dance. As they all dance together, ROMEO and JULIET see each other for the first time. TYBALT (finding young Montagues) How dare you men come here! (after a short brawl, the dance continues) ROMEO (looking at Juliet) Who is that? YOUNG MONTAGUE The only daughter of this house. ROMEO This is the first time I've seen her. I will cut the maidenhead of that girl tonight! YOUNG MONTAGUE Playboy! Your fickle heart changes as if blown by the mad wind. MERCUTIO And more inconstant than the wind who woos, Even now the frozen bosom of the North And being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping South. ROMEO Blow wind, blow. Take me to a world of fancy. (The dance continues as CAPULET and LADY CAPULET enter with the NURSE. ROMEO and JULIET dance together, but they are spotted by TYBALT) . TYBALT Villain, turn and draw. JULIET Cousin. TYBALT Step aside. MERCUTIO Look, a gift. TYBALT What, dares the slave Come hither, covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Pick up thy sword. YOUNG MONTAGUE What does he want? CAPULET Why storm you so? TYBALT Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe. MERCUTIO We'll play a tune. (MERCUTIO, ROMEO and the YOUNG MONTAGUES tap out a tune with their cutlery.) CAPULET Content thee, gentle cousin, let him alone. TYBALT That villain abuses our women. Take him outside. YOUNG CAPULETS (to Romeo and young Montagues) : Go out! Can’t you hear it? Move! CAPULET Am I the master here, or you? You first must learn to treat guests with respect. YOUNG MONTAGUES Respect. TYBALT That villain was hitting on my cousin. CAPULET Go to! TYBALT Sir, I will withdraw. (Leaving, to ROMEO) See that you behave differently tonight. MERCUTIO We will feast. CAPULET Feast! Cheerly, my hearts! Dance! Till your toes are plagued with corns. (The dance continues and one of the dancers is pushed out of formation by another, who is Juliet) (As everybody dances, ROMEO chases JULIET while avoiding TYBALT. He catches her by surprise) (ROMEO kisses JULIET. She lets out a scream) ROMEO By your lips my sin is purged. JULIET Now my lips have taken your sin. YOUNG MONTAGUES : What did she say? YOUNG LADIES : She told that her lips took his sin. YOUNG MONTAGUE How do lips take sin? YOUNG LADY She said it to get kissed again. You try it, too. "By your lips my sin is purged." By any other word would smell as sweet So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called. Romeo doff thy name, And for thy name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself. YOUNG MONTAGUES Answer her! Take her! ROMEO Take what? MERCUTIO I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized: Henceforth I never will be Romeo. ROMEO What? When did I lose my name? I should go. BENVOLIO Where are you going? ROMEO She never will be mine. MERCUTIO I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes, By her high forehead and her scarlet lip, By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh, And the demesnes that there adjacent lie. There! . YOUNG MONTAGUES There adjacent lie. There! YOUNG MONTAGUE Go on my son! (Exeunt YOUNG MONTAGUES and MERCUTIO.) JULIET By whose direction found'st thou out this place? . ROMEO By love... I lent him eyes. JULIET Thou hast heard me speak tonight And therefore thou mayst think my behaviour light. If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. Or else, I'll frown, and be perverse and say thee nay And cry. Say thou dost love me, love me. . ROMEO Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow. JULIET O swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon, (Pointing her finger at ROMEO'S chest.) Swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee. ROMEO I love thee. JULIET Fool! Thou gave love before I did'st request it. Throw it back up. Thrust your finger in, throw mine back up. And yet I wish but for the thing I have. My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite. NURSE (Voice) Madam! JULIET By and by, I come, anon! (To Romeo) Marry me! ROMEO What? JULIET We shall unite - until death do us apart. . ROMEO O Father, what has happened to me? Look! My cheeks are burnt bright. JULIET Tomorrow I will send the Nurse to thee. ROMEO What? I cannot hear. A hammer has smashed my head to pieces. JULIET Send me word of where and what time we shall perform the rite. ROMEO Dear Father, read my palm and say if she shall marry me. NURSE (VO) Has she walked out in the cold? Madam! . JULIET Go now. Let's marry and leave here. NURSE (VO) Madam! JULIET Good night. (Exit Juliet.) ROMEO Raise the lantern! We are leaving! JULIET (Romeo-Reenters.) Hist, Romeo, hist! O for a falconer's voice To lure this tassel-gentle back again! Romeo, O, Romeo, O, O, O! ROMEO I'm here. JULIET Don't go too far. You are a bird in my hand. With a silk thread I pluck you back. ROMEO Where's the cage? JULIET Here. . (The two dance together.) ROMEO That last is true the sweeter rest was mine. FRIAR LAURENCE Sweeter? Do not crave it so. This smells sweet, but it will stop your heart at once. ROMEO Father. (Whispers.) FRIAR LAURENCE What? FRIAR LAURENCE Bedding mites? No wonder you can't sleep! ROMEO No. Not bedding mites. (ROMEO stops whispering and addresses FRIAR JOHN.) Father, cover your ears. (FRIAR JOHN cups his ears with his hands.) Wedding rites. FRIAR LAURENCE You want me to marry you? ROMEO Capulet's daughter. FRIAR LAURENCE Marriage! With Capulet's daughter! Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Pardon me, my son, but you have lost your senses. The enmity between your houses is three hundred years old. ROMEO Father, you said this stops the heart at once? FRIAR LAURENCE My son, for over three hundred years your families... ROMEO (Biting the poisonous plant.) I beseech your assistance on my life. FRIAR LAURENCE Stop, stop. I see. I see. (Taking the plant out of ROMEO'S grip.) In one respect I'll thy assistant be. ROMEO Thank you dear Father. Let this morning be blessed with grace. (Exit ROMEO.) FRIAR LAURENCE For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. In the name of the Father, the son... (Exeunt.) A Street MERCUTIO and the YOUNG MONTAGUES enter shouting and see the NURSE in the distance. A group of YOUNG LADIES enter with winnowing baskets. YOUNG MONTAGUE A sail, a sail! ALL A sail! YOUNG MONTAGUE It's the Nurse. MERCUTIO A challenge, on my life. YOUNG MONTAGUE A challenge? MERCUTIO For Romeo. Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet, Hath sent a letter to his father's house. All He's persistent. (The NURSE enters.) ALL Welcome. ALL (Singing) Dumplings in the Nurse's skirt, Sweet or Meat! Who will pay for the Nurse's dumplings? Meat or Stale! Oh yeah - Oh yeah- Nurse! NURSE Get away! What is this? YOUNG MONTAGUE A toll to pay. NURSE Gentlemen, where is Romeo? YOUNG MONTAGUE He did not come... NURSE (Throwing down her money bag.) I wish to speak with him. Where is he? MERCUTIO He's gone. Didn't Tybalt stab him to death and bury him on the mountain? ALL Ooooh. NURSE Do not slander Tybalt... Something red hit me just now. I wonder what it was. YOUNG MONTAGUES Look, look! A red kite! . NURSE Stop your babbling. Tybalt is an honest gentleman. Courteous and handsome. A real gentleman. ROMEO We praise the Lord with our bodies and souls. JULIET They are but beggars that can count their worth But my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth. FRIAR LAURENCE It is done. Until death do you part. (FRIAR LAURENCE, ROMEO and JULIET exit quickly.) A Public Square MERCUTIO and the YOUNG MONTAGUES enter and play a game of "Musical Swords." TYBALT and the YOUNG CAPULETS enter and play with them. MERCUTIO loses the game and jumps into a fountain splashing himself with water. MERCUTIO He cheated, didn't he? (to audience) TYBALT I'm a master of the game. MERCUTIO Okay, okay. TYBALT How do you like it? MERCUTIO Jealous? TYBALT Gentlemen, a word. Where's Romeo? MERCUTIO Didn't you kill him last night? YOUNG MONTAGUE Cut him up and made him into dumplings! TYBALT Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. What does that cloud look like? MERCUTIO A mole. TYBALT No, it looks like a toad. Like you. MERCUTIO No, it's a mole. Like you! TYBALT Is it a toad or a mole? YOUNG CAPULETS A toad! MERCUTIO Stop! ... here's that shall make you dance. Open your arms, bend your knees, lift up your chin. ALL Mole, toad, salmon, trout, carp, half moon—(they sing) Passing Lady It’s so hot weather! Do you feel like singing? Well, anyway, it’s better than fight. Mole, toad, salmon (Enter ROMEO.) ROMEO Excuse me, which train is this? MERCUTIO Sorry sir, we only have wet seats here. . ROMEO I like wet rice. TYBALT Here's another term for you: Thou art a villain. ROMEO That must be a challenge. You sent one to my father's house this morning. Take it back, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love. Villain am I none. In yond cathedral, your cousin sister married. 'Tis a happy day. Let us defer this argument for a day or two Or three, or four- or perhaps a year or more. TYBALT This will not excuse your feast night's insolence. (TYBALT drops his sword to the ground.) Pick up the sword. Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm. Help me into some house or I shall faint. My head is spinning. (He loses conciousness. A moment later, he sits back up.) No, this is not fair. Take my hand. Take my hand. Take my hand! A plague a both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me- Why me? (MERCUTIO stops breathing.) TYBALT I'm hot. What's with this weather? We were only playing. Serves him right. He drew first, you saw it. Kinsman, you saw it too. ROMEO (Picking up the sword.) Away to heaven, respective lenity. Go keep him company. TYBALT Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. (ROMEO and TYBALT fight. ROMEO stands over TYBALT and stabs him. TYBALT falls.) ROMEO I can hear the warning of Friar Laurence in my ear... (ROMEO flees with the help of the YOUNG MONTAGUES. Enter the PRINCE, LADY MONTAGUE, LADY CAPULET and a PALLBEARER.) PRINCE Another fight? We have an expression, "a neighbour like a cousin." What does it mean? Neighbours, over a fence, exchange daily greetings, "How are you?", "How was the market?", "Have some birthday cake." This way, neighbours become like brothers. This city is not for you, mad dogs and cats, to have a vile fray. You are men. Brothers! No more brawling! I warned you before, but look at this-- YOUNG MONTAGUE This is what happened. (The YOUNG MONTAGUES and CAPULETS re-enact the fight.) LADY MONTAGUE 'Tis vile indeed. Vile. PRINCE Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? LADY CAPULET Prince, as thou art true, For blood of ours shed blood of Montague. I beg for justice Romeo must not live. LADY MONTAGUE The truth has been revealed. I beg for justice, destroy the house of Capulet. . PRINCE Murder begets murder. Immediately we banish Romeo. And bear hence these bodies. LADY MONTAGUE Banished! (Exit LADY MONTAGUE and LADY CAPULET with the PRINCE. The YOUNG MONTAGUES and CAPULETS change into traditional mourning clothes as the PALLBEARER begins to sing. The YOUNG CAPULETS and MONTAGUES form a funeral procession.) PALLBEARER Let the permanent closure of life end in paradise. ALL Praise to the goddess of mercy. PALLBEARER Climb over the mountain - How will you go, over, the hill. ALL Climb over the mountain - How will you go, over, the hill. PALLBEARER They say death is far, but it is close. ALL Climb over the mountain - How will you go, over, the hill. PALLBEARER The early morning bird flies over the new road. The bright moon rises in the Western sky. ALL Climb over the mountain - How will you go, over, the hill. (Exeunt MERCUTIO and TYBALT'S funeral procession.) Juliet's Chamber A white bed sheet is pulled over the whole stage. JULIET appears and dances in excitement as the sheet settles to the floor. JULIET Come night, come quickly. Come night, come Romeo, (JULIET spreads open the bed sheet.) Come gentle night, Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties. I'm afraid his face will be too bright. Give me my Romeo. I'll to him he is hid at Laurence' cell. JULIET O find him, And bid him come to take his last farewell. (Exit Nurse.) . (After a moment a YOUNG LADY enters and helps dress JULIET for her wedding night. They stay on stage for the whole of the next scene..) Friar Laurence's Cell ROMEO and FRIAR JOHN enter and begin cutting medicinal roots. FRIAR JOHN (to Romeo) Do as I do! (FRIAR LAURENCE enters.) Romeo Friar! FRIAR LAURENCE Say your prayers. A gentler judgement vanished from his lips: Not body's death, but body's banishment. (ROMEO draws his dagger to kill himself.) FRIAR LAURENCE Hold thy desperate hand! I thought thy disposition better tempered. Hast thou slain Tybalt? Wilt thou slay thyself, And slay thy lady, that in thy life lives, By doing damned hate upon thyself? What, rouse thee, man! Thy Juliet is alive, For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead. (Motions to FRIAR JOHN who covers his ears) Go hence Leave the city. Where thou shalt live till we can find a time To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back. (Enter NURSE.) NURSE Oh holy Friar, Where's Romeo? FRIAR LAURENCE He is gone. NURSE He's gone already? Without seeing my Lady? The gates must still be open. (Exit Nurse.) ROMEO Father, I will go to Juliet. FRIAR LAURENCE Go hence be gone before the break of day. If thou art taken, death will be thy pay. ROMEO Farewell. (Exeunt all except JULIET.) Juliet's Chamber JULIET continues making preparations for her wedding night. She has changed into a traditional nightdress and wears a hair piece. She lights an oil lamp with matches and leaves the matches next to the lamp. ROMEO Don't worry. The good Friar will bring me back-- JULIET Hush. (The two lovers bow to each other. ROMEO takes off JULIET'S hair piece. ROMEO falls on his back while trying to take off JULIET'S sock. JULIET hides the box of matches, blows out the lamp and hides under the white bed sheet.) ROMEO What's this? (He goes to light the lamp and searches for the matchbox.) The matches? JULIET I don't know. I am here. This way. What are you doing? ROMEO I'm making matches. JULIET The night will be over. Here I come. Here, here. Romeo, hello- Here are the matches. I'll count to ten and you can catch me. Then I'll give you the matches. "Sharon blossoms have opened," "Sharon blossoms have opened," I'll count to ten and you can catch me. Then I'll give you the matches. I'm here. "Sharon blossoms have opened." ROMEO I'm going.