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A Noble Attempt at Bridging the Great Divide

Romeo and Juliet begins at their end. Within the first six lines of the play, we learn that our crossed stars will die. This stage is set accordingly. A dark wooden stage, whose center looks as though it’s been sprayed...

Act 1 Scene 1

Placeholder for Hamlet Quarto 2

Act 1, Scene 1

Published in 1603 and considered to be a bad quarto.

Berkeley Opera's Romeo and Juliet: Voice Without Poise

Walking into the once church, now Julia Morgan Center for the Arts flooded my senses on this warm spring evening. I was filled with the strong scent of wood everywhere; high, beamed ceilings that peak in the center of...

Death and Drollness: —The New Star-Crossed Lovers

Having seen The Lord Chamberlain's Men’s performances every year since their conception (the company was formed in 2005 as an all-male company who aim to replicate the touring companies of Shakespeare’s time), I was alr...

Lovefools Immortalized in Central Park

A few minutes before the show began, I noticed a detail on stage that made me laugh. Parked before what will come to represent a Verona storefront are two fruit carts, one filled with apples, the other with oranges;...

Provocative, Unadulterated Romeo and Juliet to the Extreme

About a million hyperbolous years ago, a grad school professor I was assisting told me that one of the great tragedies in Romeo and Juliet is the fact that the adults in the play fail the children—everyone from parents t...

Romance Blossoms in Regent's Park

A dramatic opening to the play sees a slightly ironic influence by West Side Story as the rival families emerge in 50s dress, carefully choreographed in slow motion. The prologue is split between cast members, yet it...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I Prologue

Prologue (Chorus) Enter Chorus. CHORUS. Two households, both alike in...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 Verona. A public place. (Sampson, Gregory, Abram, Balthasar, Benvolio, Tybalt, Citizens, Montague, Lady Montague, Prince Escalus,...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 Verona. A street. (Capulet, County Paris, Second Servingman, Benvolio, Romeo) Enter Capulet, County Paris,...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I, Scene 3

Scene 3 Verona. A room in Capulet’s house. (Lady Capulet, Nurse, Juliet, First Servingman) Enter...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I, Scene 4

Scene 4 Verona. A street. (Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, Maskers, Torch-Bearers) Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with...

Romeo & Juliet: Act I, Scene 5

Scene 5 Verona. A hall in Capulet’s house. (Anthony, Potpan, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Old Capulet, Juliet, Tybalt, Nurse, Servingmen, Guests, Gentlewomen,...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II Prologue

Prologue (Chorus) Enter Chorus. CHORUS. Now old desire doth in his...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 A lane by the wall of Capulet’s orchard. (Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio) Enter Romeo...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 Capulet’s orchard. (Romeo, Juliet, Nurse) Romeo...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 3

Scene 3 Friar Lawrence’s cell. (Friar Lawrence, Romeo) Enter Friar Lawrence alone, with a...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 4

Scene 4 Verona. A street. (Benvolio, Mercutio, Romeo, Nurse, Peter) Enter Benvolio and...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 5

Scene 5 Capulet’s orchard. (Juliet, Nurse, Peter) Enter...

Romeo & Juliet: Act II, Scene 6

Scene 6 Friar Lawrence’s cell. (Friar Lawrence, Romeo, Juliet) Enter Friar Lawrence and...

Romeo & Juliet: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Verona. A street. (Mercutio, Benvolio, Page, Men, Tybalt, Petruchio, Romeo, Citizens, Prince Escalus, Montague, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady...

Romeo & Juliet: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Capulet’s orchard. (Juliet, Nurse) Enter Juliet...

Romeo & Juliet: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Friar Lawrence’s cell. (Friar Lawrence, Romeo, Nurse) Enter Friar...

Romeo & Juliet: Act III, Scene 4

Scene 4 A room in Capulet’s house. (Capulet, Lady Capulet, Paris) Enter old Capulet, his Wife, and...

Romeo & Juliet: Act III, Scene 5

Scene 5 Capulet’s orchard and Juliet’s chamber. (Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Lady Capulet, Capulet) Enter Romeo...

Romeo & Juliet: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 Friar Lawrence’s cell. (Friar Lawrence, County Paris, Juliet) Enter Friar Lawrence and County...

Romeo & Juliet: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 A hall in Capulet’s house. (Capulet, Lady Capulet, Nurse, Servingmen, Juliet) Enter Capulet, Mother...

Romeo & Juliet: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 Juliet’s chamber. (Juliet, Nurse, Lady Capulet) Enter Juliet and...

Romeo & Juliet: Act IV, Scene 4

Scene 4 A hall in Capulet’s house. (Lady Capulet, Nurse, Capulet, Servingmen) Enter lady of the house Lady...

Romeo & Juliet: Act IV, Scene 5

Scene 5 Juliet’s chamber. (Nurse, Juliet, Lady Capulet, Capulet, Friar Lawrence, County Paris, Musicians,...

Romeo & Juliet: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 Mantua. A street. (Romeo, Balthasar, Apothecary) Enter...

Romeo & Juliet: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 Friar Lawrence’s cell. (Friar John, Friar Lawrence) Enter Friar...

Romeo & Juliet: Act V, Scene 3

Scene 3 A churchyard; before a tomb belonging to the Capulets. (Paris, Page, Romeo, Balthasar, Friar Lawrence, Juliet, Boy, Watchmen, Prince Escalus, Attendants,...

Romeo and Juliet

Period written: 1594-1596 First known performance: 1662 An ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues breaks out again on the streets of Verona. Both sides are warned by Prince Escalus that they must not disturb...

Romeo and Juliet Break Some Long-Overdue Barriers

Productions like this are the best examples of why live theatre so deservedly continues to endure and thrive, and how such risk-taking can redefine the parameters of future envelopes to be pushed. This show is also the perfect...

Romeo and Juliet on a Gender Bender

It’s funny how a male Juliet can seem like a bold innovation when an all-male casting is the most traditional way of mounting Shakespeare. After all, in the Bard’s time, women were not permitted to act, and so all the female rol...

TheatreRats Reinvent Romeo and Juliet to a Hip-Hop Soundtrack

Admittedly, I was a bit apprehensive about attending this “re-invention” of Romeo and Juliet since I am not a fan of rap or hip-hop, two musical motifs which figure prominently in the...

Two Lovers: Too Innocent

Once again the season at the Globe begins, this time with one of the most performed of Shakespeare’s oeuvre. An obvious choice under this season’s theme, "Young Hearts," Dominic Dromgoole directs this traditional production of Romeo and...

Uptempo Action for Romeo and Juliet

Does the thought of Shakespeare’s Romeo singing Karaoke make you cringe? Don’t say so before you’ve seen it! For, miraculously, in the Declan Adams Theatre’s Los Angeles production of Romeo and Juliet, this gimmick works. Rather than just...