In Verona, Sampson and Gregory (Capulet servants) complain
that they will not put up with insults from the Montague family. Abram and
Balthasar (Montague servants) appear and the four start quarreling.
The
Montagues and Capulets are two rivalry families.
Script:
Long ago,
before any of the members of the two families were born, there was a bitter
past That bitter past was about who owns the land.
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Montague
Family: We are the richest family in this society! We have the lots of lands!
No one can surpass our greatness!
When the
Montague Family heard that Capulet Family had more lands than they do have from
their fellow rich friends, they felt little of themselves.
Fellow rich
friends: Have you heard about Capulet family having owned many lands more than
U do have??
Montague:
Who are they? I had better know them.
One day, the
two families met and found out that one of the lands that the Capulet Family
owns is actually Montague family’s land. Eventually, they were had an argument.
Montague
Family: Why do you own one of my lands???
Capulet
Family: (do frown facial expression)
Montague
Family: Don’t U know that having just the difference of 1 land between us makes
our family be in disgrace??? CURSE YOU CAPULET FAMILY
Capulet
Family: It’s your fault if you didn’t claim your land as quick as we did!
The two
families became rivals until to the present time. The two families avoided each
other but then encountered each other again by fate. In Verona, the Capulet servants complain that
they will not put up with insults from the Montague family.
Sampson:
(talking with Gregory) Hey Gregory, have U heard about what happened between
our masters and the Montague before?
Gregory:
(talking)Yeah I heard about that. I swear to god I will not plan anything bad
about the Montague family.
But came the
Montague servants and heard what they were talking about.
Abram: What
are you talking about???
Balthasar:
Don’t you know that it’s forbidden to talk about what happened before, U
morons!
Sampson and
Gregory: Haa??? (And the 2 pairs of servants from Montague Family and Capulet
family quarreled and Montague family has provoked the 2 servants from Capulet
Family)
However, the
quarrel among the servants didn’t last for long because Lord Montague’s nephew
appears and tries to break up the quarrel.
Benvolio:
HEY HEY ! STOP THAT! CALM DOWN! DON’T MAKE TROUBLE!!(benvolio in between the 2
pairs of servants)
The servants
were really angry at each other. But Benvolios’ effort in trying to break up
the quarrel didn’t work much because Lady Capulet’s nephew appeared and picks a
fight with Benvolio.
Tybalt: aaaaaaaaaahhhh(
suddenly punches benvolio).
And the
Benvolio had revenged on Tybalt. They fought against each other and the
officers tried to stop them.
Officers:
(trying to stop the 6 people from fighting) STOP THAT.
When the
lord of Capulet and Montague heard the news, they started quarreling and
fighting (really in trouble)
Lord
Montague: What is your member doing to my member???? HE DOESN’T HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DO THAT! HUH
Lord
Capulet: It is not my concern and not my business!!! I, LORD CAPULET HAS DECLARED
THAT WE’LL FIGHT EACH OTHER.
And the
fight begins (among the family members and the people who supports them)
(really in
trouble and mess)
But the
prince of Verona came to stop their fighting.
Messenger to
prince Escalus: My dear prince, people in the town were fighting.
Prince
Escalus: Who are they?
Messenger:
The Capulet and Montague Family!!
Prince
Escalus went to the place where they are fighting.
Prince
Escalus: WHO ARE YOU TO FIGHT WITHIN MY PLACE? CAN YOU PLEASE STOP FIGHTING?
Guards! Stop them!
The people
who were fighting calmed down and listened to him.
Prince
Escalus: YOU TWO FAMILIES SHOULDN’T FIGHT. IF I HEAR ANOTHER NEWS OF YOU
FIGHTING AGAIN, I’LL HAVE YOU SENTENCED TO DEATH!
And the the
people who fought hesitantly agreed.
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At
Montague's house, he, his wife, and Benvolio discuss how melancholy Romeo
(Montague's only son) has been lately.
Lord
Montague: My darling, I have encountered a fight today against the Capulets.
Lady
Montague: Oh--- that’s bad. I’m sad to hear that.
Lord
Montague: By the way, how is our Romeo? Did he find his perfect girl already?
Lady
Montague: I don’t know… I’ll have Benvolio investigate it.
And Benvolio
started to find out how has Romeo been doing lately.
Benvolio:
Romeo, how are you lately?
Romeo: Well,
I’m in love with a woman who promises that she’ll remain virgin forever.
Benvolio:
Ohhh what’s her name?
Romeo: She’s
Rosaline.
Benvolio:
hmmmmmm that kind of woman is tasteless. You should try to search for another
woman!
Romeo: No
way.
Separately,
Paris (a kinsman of the Prince of Verona) talks to Lord Capulet about wooing
his daughter Juliet for marriage.
Paris: My
dear lord Capulet, your daughter is as beautiful as the sun. I love her. Will
you let me woo her?
Lord
Capulet: hmmmm I’ll ask my daughter about that.
Lord
Capulet: Daughter, the kinsman of prince Escalus asked me if it is okay to woo
you. And I am okay with that. Do you agree with that?
Juliet:
Father, I understand what you are saying. But I’m still too young for that, I’m
14 years old. I must wait for 2 years and I will only marry to the man whom I
choose.
Lord
Capulet: Hmmmmmmm
Despite of
what Juliet has answered; Lord Capulet still invited Paris for a party in the
evening. He has also called his servant to invite guests but the servant can't
read the list so he entreats Romeo to do so.
Servant to
Romeo: Hey come to the party tonight!
Romeo:
Oh---- we’ll see about that.
Romeo told
about that to Benvolio. When he heard about it…
Benvolio:
Why don’t you accept the invitation? You’ll find good girls there and maybe
your unattainable love for your Rosaline will be replaced by some beautiful
girls over there…
Romeo:
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Meanwhile at
Capulet's house, Lady Capulet discusses the idea of marriage to Paris with
Juliet. Juliet keeps her options open. The Nurse wishes Juliet every possible
happiness...
Lady
Capulet: You know Juliet darling, I understand what you feel that you are
young. Marrying someone whom you don’t love… I understand that. Darling, follow
what your heart says.
Juliet’s
Nurse: yeah I think so. When you were young, you were so carefree. Now that
you’ve grown, you must decide.
Juliet: O
Mother, nurse, thank you for the advices. But I don’t know what I should do.
But I promise to be courteous.
Masked,
Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio head to the Capulet party.
Romeo:
(sigh)… you know, I dreamt a fearful dream of an untimely death that will
result because of the evening's events.
Benvolio:
haha, are you serious? That’s just a childish dream.
At Capulet's
house, the Montagues attend the party (in masks), Romeo spies Juliet, and he
falls in love with her.
(People are
dancing, romeo notices and Juliet runs away)
Romeo: Oh
what a beautiful lady! I think I have fallen for her! (runs after Juliet)
Juliet: Who
are you? <3
Romeo: I’m
Romeo! How about you?
Juliet: Oh
I’m Juliet!
Tybalt sees
Romeo and takes up arms,
Tybalt: What
are you doing in here?? Huh?? Do you want war????
Juliet: No!!
Romeo: *runs
away*
Lord
Capulet: Tybalt! Calm down!
Tybalt:
Ugghhh, I promise to have revenge on him when he comes back.
Lord Capulet
attempts to calm him, though Tybalt vows to revenge Romeo's intrusion the next
day.
Juliet, too,
falls for Romeo, but falls into despair when her Nurse informs her Romeo is a
Montague, as does Romeo when he learns Juliet is a Capulet.
Juliet: I
think I have fallen for him. Whose family is he, I wonder.
Nurse: O
Lady Juliet, he is from the Montague Family! His family is our enemy!
Juliet: Oh
what a despair!
And…
Romeo: I
wonder who is she. She is from Capulet family! What a despair.
Informer:
She is from the Capulet Family! Your families are enemies!
Romeo: Oh what
a despair!
While
leaving the party, Romeo hides in the orchard while Mercutio and Benvolio call
for him to come out of hiding and go home with them; yet he will not.
Mercutio and
Benvolio: (whispering) Romeo, Romeo come
out! We’ll be found out by that guy again!
Romeo: No, I
will not! I need to see Juliet again! I don’t care I she’s from Capulet Family!
Mercution
and Benvolio: Fine! We’ll come out and go ahead!
After they
leave, Romeo appears and speaks to Juliet under her window
Romeo: But
soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is
the sun!"
Juliet: Oh
Romeo, I have fallen for you!
By and by
they swear their love to one another. The two decide to marry.
Romeo: Oh
Juliet, I’ll marry you.
Juliet: Oh,
Romeo <3…
Juliet: I’ll
send you a messenger tomorrow in the morning to arrange our wedding plans.
Romeo: Oh
Juliet <3
Having
stayed up all night, Romeo visits Friar Lawrence's cell and tells him of this
new love for Juliet.
Romeo:
Lawrence, yesterday, I’ve found a new girl that I’m really in loved with. And I want you to marry us.
Friar
Lawrence: But What about Rosaline?? I can’t agree with that easily.
Although
Lawrence is critical at first, Romeo eventually convinces him to marry them.
Romeo:Lawrence,
she’s the one whom I really want and I want to marry her.
Friar
Lawrence: Hmmm I’ll try about that
Meanwhile,
Tybalt has sent the montagues a letter challenging Romeo to a duel.
Tybalt: I
shall have revenge on him for the sudden intrusion!hmph! (sends letter to the
messenger)
Give this to
Romeo!
Messenger:
As you wish
In the
street…
Benvolio:
Mercutio, you know what, Romeo didn’t come home.
Mercutio:
Ohhh
(and Romeo
appears)
Benvolio:
Why didn’t you come home ???
Romeo:
ugghhh (turns back)
Mercutio: I
guess something happened between you and Juliet… hihihi
Juliet's
nurse and servant Peter appear and Romeo tells her to tell Juliet to go to the
Friar's cell that afternoon to be married.
Romeo: Good
thing you guys are here!
Juliet’s
servants: Why?
Romeo: I
have something to ask of you.
Servants:
Yes, what is that?
Romeo: Tell
Juliet to go to the Friar’s cell so that we can be married.
Nurse: OK I
got it.
The Nurse
returns to Juliet and, though she skirts around the message, she finally tells Juliet
the wonderful news.
Nurse: O
Lady Juliet! Romeo has a message for you.
Juliet: Oh
what is it?
Nurse: He
told me that you are to go to the Friar’s cell so that you two can get married.
Juliet: Ohhh
Soon, at the
Friar's cell, Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet
Friar
Lawrence to Romeo and Juliet: In the name of the father, and of the son, and of
the Holy Spirit, amen.
Friar
Lawrence: Romeo, will you take Juliet as
your wife?
Romeo: Yes I
do.
Friar
Lawrence: Juliet will you take Romeo as your husband?
Juliet: Yes
I do.
Friar
Lawrence: You are now married.
and Romeo plans to visit Juliet's bedroom that
evening. The Nurse brings Romeo "cords" or ropes which will allow
Romeo to climb into Juliet's bedchamber as her husband later that night...
At the
street, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt and Petruchio, leading to Tybalt
and Mercutio fighting since Tybalt tries to pick a fight with Romeo, but he
refuses.
Benvolio
& Mercutio: Oh what brought you here?
Tybalt and
Petruchio: I’m here to pick a fight with Romeo about the intrusion.
Benvolio
& Mercutio: What did you say???
Romeo: I
don’t want to fight!
Tybalt: Damn
you!
Mercutio:
Damn you too! (fight)
Romeo: You
fools stop it! (continue fighting)
Romeo tries
to break up the fight, but Tybalt slays Mercutio under Romeo's arm, then Tybalt
flees.
As Mercutio
dies, he declares "A plague on both your houses," since he is only a
friend of Romeo's and not his kinsmen.
Mercutio: A
plague on both your houses ( and dies)
When
Benvolio informs Romeo that Mercutio is dead, Romeo seeks out, fights, and
slays Tybalt in revenge.
Benvolio:
(touches Mercutio) He’s dead.
Romeo:
Mercutio!!! My friend!!!! Grrrrrrrr aahhhhhhhh watch out Tybalt!!! (runs after
tybalt and kills tybalt)
Benvolio convinces
Romeo to flee.
Benvolio:
Romeo, you should run! Hide!
The prince appears and Benvolio explains all
to him, at which the Prince exiles Romeo for slaying Tybalt.
Prince: What
happened????
Benvolio:
Sir, it was like this… Tybalt first killed Mercution and then Romeo got mad and
had revenge on Tybalt.
Prince: Well
then! Romeo should get out from this country.
At the Capulet's orchard, Juliet waits for
Romeo when her Nurse appears and informs her of Mercutio and Tybalt's deaths,
and Romeo's banishment.
Nurse: O
lady Juliet! Have you heard what happened??
Juliet: Oh,
what is it??
Nurse:
Mercutio and Tybalt died! Tybalt killed Mercutio and for revenge, Romeo killed
Tybalt! And Romeo will be exiled!
Juliet: Ohhh
>< I’m worried for my huband!
Juliet
learns of Romeo killing Tybalt and despite being torn between her loyalty for
her family and Romeo, mourns her husband Romeo's banishment.
At the
Friar's cell, he informs Romeo of the Prince's edict of banishment, putting him
into despair.
Friar: The
Prince has declared that you will be exiled because of what you did!
Romeo: I
would rather be dead than banished.
The Nurse arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet
is sad too, but forgives Romeo.
Nurse:
Romeo, your wife Juliet is sad. But she forgives what you did.
Still, Romeo
pulls a dagger and tries to kill himself, but the Friar stops him and tells him
to stay the night with Juliet, then flee to Mantua.
Romeo: I
should be dead! (pulls out a dagger)
Friar: Stop
trying to act hopeless! Stay the night with Juliet, comfort her, then flee to Mantua!
In Juliet's
bedroom, Romeo says a tearful goodbye to Juliet.
Romeo: Oh
Juliet, I’ll be gone soon.
Juliet: Oh
Romeo (cries)
After he
leaves, Lady Capulet appears and, while discussing Tybalt's death, states she
will send a henchman to mantua to kill Romeo (though she never does).
Lady
Capulet: Juliet, I will send a henchman to mantua to kill Romeo. And you will
be married with Paris.
Juliet tells her parents she will not marry,
Juliet: No!
I am not marrying him! I don’t love him! Mother, you said that I should follow
my heart!
Lady
Capulet: But you must marry him!
Juliet:
Liar! (cries) I will never ever marry with him!
Lord
Capulet: Juliet! Don’t be such a hard headed! My commands will be so!
Juliet:
Nurse??
Nurse: I’m
sorry Juliet, but I do agree with what your parents have said. Youshould marry
with Paris.
Juliet:
(cries)
In private,
Juliet decides to no longer trust the nurse and vows to kill herself if the
Friar cannot find a way to save her from marrying Paris.
Juliet: I
shall disappear in this world if Friar Lawrence can’t save me from marrying
Paris.!
At Friar
Lawrence's cell, Paris informs the Friar of his upcoming wedding to Juliet.
Paris: Hello
Father. I’m here to tell you of my upcoming wedding to Juliet.
Friar
Lawrence: Oh (shocked)
When Juliet
arrives to see the Friar, Paris politely leaves.
The Friar, hearing Juliet threaten suicide,
tells her of a "distilled liquor" she can take to fake death.
Juliet: I’m
so sad if I can’t be with Romeo’s sad. I don’t want to be with Paris. I’m so
sad. I plan to kill myself if I can’t be by Romeo’s side.
Friar
Lawrence: Oh no. Juliet, my dear sweetheart, I have a distilled liquor that you
can take to fake death.
Juliet: oh
Friar
Lawrence: It will keep you asleep and seemingly dead for 42 hours during which
you can be placed in the Capulet tomb. Then, when you’ll be awake, Romeo can be
there waiting for you to take to Mantua.
And I will send
Friar John to Mantua with an explanatory letter for Romeo.
Juliet: Oh
Friar, I shall take this vial for me to be able to be together with Romeo
forever. Thank you very much. We owe you a lot.
Juliet returns to her father and apologizes
for refusing to marry, causing her dad to move the wedding up to the next
morning (two days early).
Juliet: Father,
I’m sorry that I refused to marry Paris. I’ll marry him.
Lord
Capulet: Good that you have made up your mind. I’ll move the wedding up to the
next morning.
In her
bedroom, Juliet sends her mother and nurse away, then, after much worrying over
the future, she drinks the vial of medicine and sleeps.
Juliet:
Mother, nurse, can you please leave me alone for a while? Can you give me a
time to think things over?
Lady
Capulet: Okay, but darling, I’m glad that you have made up your mind.
Juliet:
(when they were gone, she sighed) I shall drink this vial. (sleeps)
Later in the early morning, all feverishly
prepare for the wedding and Capulet sends the Nurse to wake Juliet.
Lord
Capulet: Nurse, can you wake Juliet up?
Nurse: As
you wish
The Nurse
wails upon finding Juliet "dead", summoning the others to find her
and mourn.
Nurse: haa
haa haa haa Juliet is dead!!
Lady Capulet
and Lord Capulet: what!!!!??? (went to
see Juliet being dead)
After
seeing, they cried.
Lady
Capulet: Oh Juliettt!!!! Why did you do this?!!!?? If only we have listened to
you, then this woudn’t be happening!
The Friar
instructs all to prepare Juliet for her funeral.
All: *cries*
In Mantua,
Romeo's servant Balthasar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.
Balthasar:
Sir! Your wife, Juliet is dead!
Romeo:
What!? I must go and see her!
Romeo vows
to see Juliet in her tomb and poison himself there, buying the poison from a
poor Apothecary who illegally sells it to Romeo only because he (the
Apothecary) needs the money.
Romeo: When
I see dear Juliet in her tomb, I shall poison myself. And I die with her.!
At Lawrence's cell, Friar John reports he
could not deliver the letter to Romeo since he (John) got stuck in a
quarantined house while searching for Romeo.
John: Oh no…
I may not be able to deliver the report to Romeo ><
Friar
Lawrence heads to the cemetery with a crowbar.
At the tomb, Paris and his page arrive and
Paris mourns Juliet's death.
Paris: Oh Juliet,
why did you die so early?
Paris hides when he hears Romeo and Balthasar
approach.
Romeo orders
Balthasar to leave him alone, no matter what he hears.
Romeo: Can
you please give me a time to be alone with her?
When Romeo
opens the tomb, Paris steps out and tries to stop him by provoking him to
fight.
Pari: Who
are you to open the tomb!?? (fight)
Romeo entreats Paris to simply walk away and
not fight, but Paris forces Romeo to fight him, resulting in Romeo slaying
Paris.
Romeo:
(killing Paris) damn you.
In sorrow, Romeo lays Paris in the tomb, while
Paris' page secretly leaves to call the watch.
Romeo finds
Juliet and mourns her death, then drinks his poison and dies.
Romeo: O My
love, why did you leave me?... could your death be a sign that we should live
together in the next life?............... *drinks poison* *and dies*
Outside the
tomb, Friar Lawrence arrives and meets Balthasar who tells the Friar that Romeo
has been in the tomb for one half hour.
Balthasar:
Friar! Romeo has been in the tomb for an hour and a half!
Lawrence
enters the tomb and finds Romeo and Paris dead.
Friar
Lawrence: *shocked*
Juliet then
awakes and spots Romeo.
Juliet: haa
*shocked* *cries* Oh Romeo
The Friar, upon hearing noises outside flees,
leaving Juliet with Romeo. Juliet tries to kill herself with Romeo's poison,
but can find none, either in the vial or on Romeo's lips.
Juliet:
*cries out loud*
In desperation, she stabs herself with Romeo's
dagger.
Juliet:
*gulp*
The watch arrives, having found Balthasar and
the Friar. The Prince and Lord and Lady Capulet arrive and learn Paris, Romeo,
and Juliet are dead (amazingly to them, Juliet seems to have been alive, and
then newly dead again). Lord Montague arrives and reports that his wife has
died from grief over Romeo's exile, then learns himself of Romeo's death.
Capulet and Montague make peace and swear to never fight again. They vow to
build solid gold statues of Romeo and Juliet and place them side by side so all
can remember their plight.
