ROMEO & JULIET characters Agustina: Juliet Kevin: Romeo Vincent: Friar Lawrence Bagus: Paris Dicky: Lord

Capulet Innerin: Lady Capulet Gieska: Lord Montague, Peter, Petruchio, Third watchman Titalya: Lady Montague, Citizen of The Watch, Chief Watchman Imah: Nurse Nava: Prince Refri: Benvolio, Second Watchman Tommy: Mercutio Denys: Mercutios page (yang muncul di pertarungan sama Tybalt), Balthasar (Romeos servant) Stevant: Tybalt (Juliets cousin) Widia: NARRATOR

NASKAH PETER and other SERVINGMEN come forward with napkins. CAPULET enters with his COUSIN, TYBALT, LADY CAPULET, JULIET, and other members of the house. They meet ROMEO, BENVOLIO, MERCUTIO, and other guests and MASKERS

CAPULET Welcome to my party, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you can spend the night with all the pleasure. Come on, musicians, play music. (music plays and they dance, ROMEO stands apart) Capulet and Capulets Cousin exit. Lady Capulet and Paris exit. *CHORUS* The air flows smoothly, the party is going so well. Everyone is dancing, or keep talking with the relatives, and slowly drinking their pure wine. One of them who are talking now is Lady Capulet and Count Paris. PARIS (glancing at Juliet near the balcon) I dont understand, Madam. As days passed, your daughter, Juliet is prettier and prettier everyday. Oh, shes so adorable. LADY CAPULET Oh, Im honored with your compliment to her. Thank you, Count. PARIS I wonder if she willing to be mother of my future children. LADY CAPULET You want to marry her! What a lucky daughter! She would, certainly. She must be pleased if I say about this marriage plan to her. PARIS Its decided, then. LADY CAPULET But shes rather too young to marry someone right now. Dont you think so? PARIS I dont think so, Madam. Its better if were married as soon as her age is still young. Shes still pure at this age. LADY CAPULET As you wish. Ill tell Sir Capulet and her later.

Paris and Lady Capulet exit.

SCENE 2
Romeo, servingman, Tybalt, Capulet enter. ROMEO (to a SERVINGMAN) Who is the girl on the arm of that lucky knight over there? SERVINGMAN I dont know, sir. ROMEO (with alay voice) Oh, her beauty is so bright and shiny! Her beauty is too good for this world. When this dance is over, Ill meet and touch her.

SCENE 3
*CHORUS* On the balcony, a young boy and a young maiden was standing. The air is so heavy, and the pleasure suddenly, but slowly enter their heart. It was their first met, Romeo Montagues and Juliet Capulets. ROMEO (taking JULIETs hand) Your hand is like a holy place that my hand is unworthy to visit. I deeply wish you arent offended by the touch of my hand. JULIET No, not at all. Im so pleased by your gentle eyes and touch of your palm. ROMEO Youre so pretty, My Lady Juliet. JULIET Its not fair. You knew my namewhile I dont know yours. O, my dear handsome lord, could you please tell your name? ROMEO In our next meet, perhaps? Romeo bows, then kiss Juliets right hand.

SCENE 4

Juliet and Nurse enter. JULIET Whos the man standing there, the man who isnt dancing? NURSE I dont know his name. JULIET Please ask him. (the nurse leaves) NURSE (returning) His name is Romeo. Hes a Montague. Hes the only son of your worst enemy. JULIET (to herself) Oh no! The only man I love is the son of the only man I hate! NURSE Whats the matter, my lady? JULIET No, everythings okay. Somebody calls, Juliet! from offstage. NURSE Right away, madam. Your mother called you. Come, lets go. The strangers are all gone. They exit.

SCENE 5
*CHORUS* Now Romeos old feelings of desire are dying, and a new desire is eager to take their place. Romeo groaned for the beautiful Rosaline and said he would die for her, but compared with tender Juliet, Rosaline doesnt seem beautiful now. Now someone loves Romeo, and hes in love againboth of them falling for each others' good looks. But he has to make his speeches of love to a woman whos supposed to be his enemy. And shes been hooked by someone she should fear. Because hes an enemy, Romeo has no chance to see Juliet and say the things a lover normally says. And Juliets just as much in love as he, but she has even less opportunity to meet her lover. But love gives them power, and time gives them the chance to meet, sweetening the extreme danger with intense pleasure.

BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO enter.

BENVOLIO (calling) Romeo, my cousin, Romeo, Romeo! Tch! Where on the earth is he? MERCUTIO Hah! I bet hes in the house now, still crying over his unreachable girl, Rosaline. BENVOLIO Let him like that. Lets go home, Mercutio. (in the garden) JULIET enters on the balcony. ROMEO Oh, It must be Juliet! JULIET Oh, God! ROMEO (to himself) She speaks. JULIET (not knowing ROMEO hears her) Oh, Romeo, Romeo, why do you have to be Romeo? Forget about your father and change your name. Or else, if you wont change your name, just swear you love me and Ill stop being a Capulet. (Juliet melihat semak-semak yang gemerisik) JULIET Whos there? Why youre hiding in the darkness? WaitArent you Romeo? And arent you a Montague? ROMEO Yes. JULIET How did you get in here? The orchard walls are high, and its hard to climb over them. If any of my relatives find you here theyll kill you because of who you are. ROMEO I flew over these walls with the light wings of love. Stone walls cant keep love out. Therefore your relatives are no obstacle for me to see you. JULIET Hey, i'm serious. If they see you, theyll murder you.

ROMEO Im serious as well. I really love you, and I will do anything to see you. JULIET Would you swear to me? ROMEO Lady, I swear by the sacred moon above, the moon that paints the tops of fruit trees with silver JULIET Dont swear by the moon. The moon is always changing its position. I dont want you to turn out to be that inconsistent too. ROMEO What should I swear by? JULIET Hmm.... then, dont swear at all. I can feel your pure love. (calls from offstage) NURSE (knocking sound) Lady Juliet-- I hear a noise inside. Are you okay? JULIET Dear love, goodbye (to the nurse) Just a minute, good Nurse. (to Romeo) Sweet Montague, please stay here for a moment. Ill come back. JULIET exits. ROMEO Oh, what a blessed night! This night is too sweet to be real. JULIET enters on her balcony. JULIET If you intend to marry me, send me word tomorrow. Ill send a messenger to you, and you can pass on a message telling me where and when well be married. NURSE (offstage) Madam! I knew you're talking with someone. Who's inside? JULIET (to the NURSE) Ill be right there! (to ROMEO) Romeo

NURSE (offstage) Madam! JULIET Alright, Im coming!I beg you to stop trying for me and leave me to my sadness. Tomorrow Ill send the messenger. Good night. JULIET exits. ROMEO starts to leave. JULIET returns, on her balcony. JULIET Wait--Romeo! ROMEO My love Juliet? JULIET What time tomorrow should I send a messenger to you? ROMEO By nine o'clock. JULIET Okay. Its almost morning. Better if you go now. Again, good night, my dear. JULIET exits. *CHORUS* Now, after having a good night with Juliet, Romeo is going to see his priest and his good friend, Friar Lawrence. He exits.

SCENE 6
FRIAR LAWRENCE enters by himself, reading Bible. ROMEO enters. ROMEO Good morning, father. FRIAR LAWRENCE God bless you, who greets me so early in the morning. It's a quite rare that youre getting out of bed this early. Even your eyes show you that you hadn't sleep last night. ROMEO Your last guess is right. Though I enjoyed some sweet moments happened more than sleep.

FRIAR LAWRENCE Were you with Rosaline? ROMEO With Rosaline, father? No, I have forgotten that girl. FRIAR LAWRENCE Thats good, my boy. But then where have you been? ROMEO Last night, i go to the party held by the Capulets. Then I fallen in love with Capulets daughter. I love her, and she loves me. Ill tell you more later about when and where we met, how we fell in love, and how we exchanged promises, but now Im begging you: please, agree to marry us today. FRIAR LAWRENCE It really needs consideration. Fine. Come on, inconsistent young man, come with me. Ill help you with your secret wedding. This marriage may be lucky enough to turn the hatred between your families into pure love. ROMEO Lets get out of here. Im in a rush. FRIAR LAWRENCE Go wisely and slowly. There's no need to be hurry. They exit.

SCENE 7
*CHORUS* In Montagues residence, Benvolio and Mercutio havent see Romeo since last night. They are wondering where on the earth is Romeo now. BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO enter. MERCUTIO Where the hell is Romeo? Didnt he come home last night? BENVOLIO Not to his fathers house. I asked a servant. MERCUTIO I bet that girl Rosaline is going to torment him until he goes insane.BENVOLIO Oh, i heard that Tybalt, old Capulets nephew, has sent a letter to Romeos fathers house in the morning.

MERCUTIO Its a challenge, I guess. BENVOLIO Romeo will answer it. MERCUTIO Any man who knows how to write can answer a letter. BENVOLIO No, Romeo will respond to the letters writer, telling him whether he accepts the challenge. Anyways, do you know anything about this Tybalt? MERCUTIO Hes really tough. He's a master of duels. He knows how to turn any argument into a swordfight. BENVOLIO What? MERCUTIO You hear what I said. I've fight with him before, so I know. ROMEO enters. BENVOLIO Ooh, here comes our Romeo. MERCUTIO He looks skinny, like a dried herring without its eggs, and he hasnt got his girl. How pity. ROMEO Good morning to you both. BENVOLIO Where have you been? We just know that last night after the party, you were not going to your father's house. ROMEO I had a very important business. The NURSE enters with her servant, PETER. *CHORUS* Suddenly, a nurse with her servant is coming. She was the nurse from Capulets family. Shes coming to deliver a message.

NURSE Peter! PETER Im at your service. NURSE My fan, Peter. MERCUTIO Good Peter, give her her fan to hide her face. Her fan is prettier than her face. NURSE (to Mercutio) Thank you for your compliment to my fan, young man. Good afternoon, gentlemen. MERCUTIO Good afternoon, fair lady. NURSE Whatever, then. Can any of you tell me where I can find young Romeo? ROMEO I am that man. Do you have any business with me, my lady? MERCUTIO HAAH... I'M BORED! GOSH! (stand up) Hey, Romeo! Rather than talking with that fat old lady, just go inside for lunch with us. The lunch is ready. ROMEO I'll follow you later. (Benvolio stands up) BENVOLIO Well then, good afternoon to you, ma'am. BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO exit. NURSE My young mistress asked me to find you. Shes waiting for your message. ROMEO Tell her to devise a plan to get out of her house and come to confession at the abbey this afternoon. At Friar Lawrences cell she can make confession and be married.

NURSE This afternoon, sir? Shell be there. ROMEO Wait. Within an hour, my servant will come to you behind the abbey wall and give you a rope ladder. Ill use the rope ladder to climb over the walls at night. T hen Ill meet Juliet in secret. Goodbye. Sing my praises to your mistress. NURSE May God in heaven bless you. Now please listen, sir. ROMEO What do you have to say, my dear Nurse? NURSE There is one nobleman in the city, a guy named Paris, who wants to marry her. Just aware with this. ROMEO I understand. Give my compliments to your lady. NURSE Yes, a thousand times. Peter! PETER Im ready. NURSE (giving PETER her fan) Go ahead. Go quickly. They all exit.

SCENE 8
JULIET enters. JULIET Hhh, where is my nurse? Where is she? Aaaah, I cannot wait anymore! The NURSE enters. JULIET Here she comes! Oh sweet Nurse, what news do you bring? NURSE Err... do you have permission to go out and take confession today?JULIET I do.

NURSE Then hurry up and rush over to Friar Lawrences cell. Theres a husband there whos w aiting to make you his wife. I must search for a rope ladder. Your love will use it to climb up to your window while its dark. But soon youll be doing a wifes work all night long. Go. Ill go to lunch. You go to the church. JULIET Wish me luck. Thank you, dear Nurse. NURSE and JULIET exit.

SCENE FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO enter. FRIAR LAWRENCE May the heavens be happy with this holy act of marriage, so nothing unfortunate happens later to make us regret it. ROMEO Amen, amen. But i dont care if there any misfortunes occur, its enough for me if I can call her mine. (JULIET enters in a rush and embraces ROMEO) JULIET Good evening, Friar. FRIAR LAWRENCE Thank you for coming, Lady Juliet. ROMEO Juliet! Finally youre come! (hugs her) FRIAR LAWRENCE Come, come with me, and well do the job quickly. They exit.

SCENE ? *CHORUS* In a very bright day, Benvolio and Mercutio alongside with his page are walking on the street, Walk around, and take a breath.

MERCUTIO, his page, and BENVOLIO enter with other men. BENVOLIO Im begging you, good Mercutio, its hot outside, and the Capulets are wandering around. If we bump into them, well certainly get into a fight. When its hot outside, people become angry and hot -blooded. TYBALT, PETRUCHIO enter. BENVOLIO Oh great, here come the Capulets. TYBALT (to PETRUCCIO) Follow me closely, Ill talk to them. (to the MONTAGUES) Good afternoon, gentlemen. MERCUTIO What do you want, Tybalt from Capulet? TYBALT Im just sick of you guys. Thats why I want to having fun a little. BENVOLIO Were talking here in a public place. Either go someplace private, or talk it over rationally, or else just go away. ROMEO enters. TYBALT Well, here comes the Montagues son. ROMEO Mercutio, please lay down your sword. And Tybalt, the Prince of Verona would not be happy if blood shed happened here. We will be punished. Thats whyplease, lay down you twos sword.

TYBALT No, thank you. MERCUTIO This calm submission is dishonorable. (draws his sword) Its better if we just fight. TYBALT What do you want from me? MERCUTIO Your life, maybe. (smiles)

TYBALT Ill fight you. (he draws his sword) MERCUTIO and TYBALT fight ROMEO (drawing his sword) Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince has banned fighting in the streets of Verona. Stop, you two. *CHORUS* Even though Romeo is already warn them, they still dont want to listen to him. Finally, Romeo used the other plan. ROMEO Benvolio! Lets stop them! ROMEO tries to break up the fight. TYBALT reaches under ROMEOs arm and stabs MERCUTIO. PETRUCHIO Lets get away, Tybalt. TYBALT, PETRUCHIO exit. BENVOLIO What, are you hurt? MERCUTIO Yes, yes. Its a scratch, just a scratch. Go, boy. Get me a doctor. MERCUTIO'S PAGE exits. ROMEO The wound cant be that bad. MERCUTIO No, its not really deep, but its enough. Itll do the job. Tomorrow, youll find me in a grave. Im done for in this world, I believe. And why the hell did you come in between us? He struck me from under your arm. ROMEO I thought it was the right thing to do. MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO exit. ROMEO

This gentleman Mercutio, a close relative of the Prince and my dear friend, was killed by Tybalt. What should I do now... BENVOLIO enters. BENVOLIO Romeo, that stupid Mercutio is dead! I don't know if his soul is go to heaven or hell, but it was too early for him to die. TYBALT enters. ROMEO Tybalt! How dare you kill Mercutio!! They fight. TYBALT falls and dies BENVOLIO Romeo, get out of here. The citizens are around, and Tybalt is dead. Dont stand there shocked. The Prince will give you the death penalty if you get caught. So get out of here! ROMEO exits. The CITIZENS OF THE WATCH enter. CITIZEN OF THE WATCH The man who killed Mercutio, which way did he go? Tybalt, that murderer, which way did he run? BENVOLIO Tybalt is lying over there. CITIZEN OF THE WATCH (to TYBALT) Get up, sir, and come with me. I command you, by the authority of the Prince, to obey me. The PRINCE enters with MONTAGUE, CAPULET, LADY MONTAGUE, LADY CAPULET, and OTHERS. PRINCE Where are the evil men who started this fight? BENVOLIO Oh, noble prince, I can tell you everything about the unfortunate circumstances of this deadly fight. Over there Tybalt is lying dead. He killed your relative, brave Mercutio, and then young Romeo killed him. LADY CAPULET Tybalt was my nephew! He was my brothers son! Oh Prince, as you are a man of honor, take revenge for this murder by killing someone from the Montague family.

LADY MONTAGUE How dare you say that! Better if you watch your family rascals act! You troublemakers! PRINCE Be quiet, old ladies! Benvolio, who started this fight? BENVOLIO Tybalt started the fight before he was killed by Romeo. Romeo tried to prevent the fight to happen. But he could not make peace with Tybalt, who was in an angry mood and wouldnt listen to talk about peace. Tybalt and Mercutio began to fight each other. Then Romeo jumped in between them and forced them to put their swords down. But Tybalt reached under Romeos arm and thrust his sword into brave Mercutio. Then Tybalt just go away. But pretty soon he came back to meet Romeo. As quick as lightning, they started fighting. Before I could break up the fight, Tybalt was killed. Romeo ran away when Tybalt fell dead. Im telling you the truth, I swear on my life. LADY CAPULET You liar! Prince, Benvolio is part of Montague family. Hes not telling the truth. I demand justice. Romeo killed Tybalt. Romeo must die. PRINCE Romeo killed Tybalt. Tybalt killed Mercutio. Who should now pay the price for Mercutios life? MONTAGUE Not Romeo, Prince. He was Mercutios friend. His crime did justices job by taking Tybalts life. PRINCE And for that crime, Romeo is hereby exiled from Verona. Im involved in your rivalry. M ercutio was my relative, and he lies dead because of your bloody feud. Ill punish you so harshly that youll regret causing me this loss. I wont listen to your pleas or excuses. Tell Romeo to leave the city immediately, or else, if he is found, he will be killed. Take away this body, and do what I say. Showing mercy by pardoning killers only causes more murders.

JULIET enters alone. JULIET The NURSE enters with the rope ladder in her pouch. Oh, here comes my Nurse, and she brings news. Every voice that mentions Romeos name sounds beautiful. Now, Nurse, whats the news? Is that the rope ladder Romeo told you to pick up? NURSE Yes, yes, this is the rope ladder.

JULIET What happened? Why do you look so upset? NURSE Oh, its a sad day! Hes dead. Hes dead! Were ruined, lady, were ruined! What an awful day! Hes gone. Hes been killed. Tybalt is dead! Oh, Romeo, Romeo, who ever would have thought it would be Romeo? JULIET Romeo ... killed Tybalt? NURSE Oh, Tybalt, he was the best friend I had. Romeo killed Tybalt, and his punishment was banishment. JULIET But I dont believe it! Even though Romeo killed him, I am sure it wasnt Romeos fault at first. Romeo shouldnt be the first who started the fight. NURSE Are you going to say good things about the man who killed your cousin? JULIET Am I supposed to say bad things about my own husband? And nurse, pick up this rope ladder, its useless now, just like me, because Romeo has been exiled. NURSE Go to your bedroom. Ill find Romeo to comfort you. Listen, your Romeo will be here tonight. Ill go to him. Hes hiding out in Friar Lawrences cell. JULIET (giving her a ring) Oh, find him! Give this ring to my true knight! And tell him to come here to say his last goodbye.

FRIAR LAWRENCE enters. FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo, come out. ROMEO enters. ROMEO Father, whats the news? What punishment did the Prince announce? What suffering lies in store for me that I dont know about yet?

FRIAR LAWRENCE He made a gentler decision. You wont die, but youll be banished from the city. ROMEO Ha, banishment? But exile is much worse than death! FRIAR LAWRENCE From now on, you are banished from Verona. You should be able to endure this because the world is broad and wide. ROMEO There is no world for me outside the walls of Verona. So to be banished from Verona is like being banished from the world, and being banished from the world is death.Banishment is death by the wrong name. FRIAR LAWRENCE What an unthankful boy! Youre lucky you just punished by the Prince with exile, not death. This is kind mercy, and you dont realize it. Listen, let me talk to you about your situation. ROMEO You cant talk about something that you dont feel. (ROMEO falls on the ground) (knocking from offstage.) FRIAR LAWRENCE Get up. Somebodys knocking. Hide yourself, good Romeo. ROMEO I wont hide unless my heartsick is healed. (knock) (knock) FRIAR LAWRENCE Listen, theyre still knocking! (to the person at the door) Whos there? (knock) (knock) NURSE (from offstage) Let me come in, and Ill tell you why I came. I come from Lady Juliet. FRIAR LAWRENCE

(opening the door) Welcome, then. The NURSE enters. NURSE Oh, tell me, holy Friar, Wheres Romeo? FRIAR LAWRENCE Hes there on the ground. Hes been getting drunk on his own tears. NURSE Oh, hes acting just like Juliet. Blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering. Stand up! Stand up if youre really a man. ROMEO Were you talking about Juliet? How is she? Where is she? How is she doing? What does my hidden wife say about our ruined love? NURSE Oh, she doesnt say anything. She just weeps and weeps. She falls then starts to get up. Then she calls out Romeo, and then she falls down again. ROMEO Ah, how pity she is! I feel like I want to stab myself for make her sad. (he draws his dagger) FRIAR LAWRENCE Hold on, you ungrateful man. Like a sullen girl, youre whining about your bad luck and your love. Go be with your love, as it was decided at your wedding. Climb up to her bedroom and comfort her. But get out of there before the night watchmen take their positions. Then you will escape to the city of Mantua, where youll live until we can make your marriage public and make peace between your families. Go ahead, Nurse. Give my regards to your lady, and tell her to hurry everybody in the house to bed. NURSE Understand, sir. (speaking to ROMEO) My lord, Ill tell my lady you will come. And here, sir, this is a ring she asked me to give you. Hurry up, its getting late. (she gives ROMEO JULIETs ring) The NURSE exits. ROMEO This makes me feel so much better! FRIAR LAWRENCE Now get out of here. Take a little vacation in Mantua. Ill find your servant, and hell update you now and then on your case as it stands here. Give me your hand. Farewell. Good night.

ROMEO Im off to experience the greatest joy of all, but still its sad to leave you in such a rush. Farewell. They exit.

SCENE CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, and PARIS enter. CAPULET Things have turned out so unluckily, sir, that we havent had time to convince our daughter to marry you. Now, she still mourning for her cousin, Tybalt. PARIS I understand. Madam, good night. Give my regards to your daughter. LADY CAPULET I will. And Ill find out what she thinks about marriage early tomorrow. Tonight she is shut up in her room, alone with her sadness. CAPULET Wife, visit her in her room before you go to bed. Tell her about my son Pariss love for her. And tell her, the marriage between my daughter and this noble earl held on Thursday. (to PARIS) Farewell, my lord. Now Im off to bed. Oh my! Its so late now. Good night. They all exit. SCENE ROMEO and JULIET enter above the stage. JULIET Are you going? Its still a long time until daybreak. Romeo... ROMEO Juliet, i must go for a while. JULIET Romeo! (grabs Romeo's hand) ROMEO Please don't worry about me. I will be back, I promise.

The NURSE enters. NURSE Madam. JULIET Nurse? NURSE (to Juliet) Your mother is coming, want to talk with you. (to Romeo) Day has broken, better if you go now. Be careful. Watch out. NURSE exits. ROMEO Farewell, my love. ROMEO exits. (offstage) LADY CAPULET Hey, daughter! Are you awake? LADY CAPULET enters. LADY CAPULET Whats going on, Juliet? JULIET Mom, I am not well. LADY CAPULET Will you cry about your cousins death forever? Are you trying to wash him out of his grave with tears? Stop crying. Youre weeping not for his death as much as for the fact that the villain who killed him is still alive. JULIET What villain? LADY CAPULET That villain, Romeo. JULIET (in her mind) Hes far from being a villain.

LADY CAPULET I promise, we will take revenge on Romeo for Tybalts death. But now I have joyful news for you, girl. JULIET Whats the news? Please tell me. LADY CAPULET At Saint Peters Church early Thursday morning, Count Paris will marry you happily. JULIET He will not make me a joyful bride there. This is a strange rush. How can I marry him before he comes to court me? I dont want to marry yet! LADY CAPULET Here comes your father. Tell him so yourself, and see how he takes the news. CAPULET and the NURSE enter. CAPULET So where do things stand, wife? Have you told her our decision? LADY CAPULET Yes, sir, I told her. But she wont agree. She says thank you but refuses. CAPULET Wait! Hold on, wife. I dont understand. How can this be? She refuses? Isnt she grateful? Isnt she proud of such a match? JULIET I am not proud of what you have found for me. But I am thankful that you have found it. I can never be proud of what I hate. But I can be thankful for something I hate, if it was meant with love. CAPULET What is this? Youre not really giving me any thanks or showing me any pride. But get yourself ready for Thursday. Youre going to Saint Peters Church to marry Paris. And if you dont go on your own, Ill drag you there. You disgust me, worthless girl! JULIET Good father, Im begging you on my knees, be patient and listen to me say just one thing. CAPULET Forget about you, you worthless girl! You disobedient wretch! Ill tell you what. Go to church on Thursday or never look me in the face again. Dont say anything. Dont reply. Dont talk back to me. (JULIET rises)

LADY CAPULET Youre getting too angry. CAPULET Goddammit! It makes me mad. Day and night, hour after hour, all the time, my top priority has always been to find her a husband. Now Ive provided a husband from a noble family, who is good -looking, young, well-educated. Hes full of good qualities. Hes the man of any girls dreams. But this wretched, she looks at this good fortune and answers, I wont get married. Well, if you wont get married, you can no longer live under my roof. Consider that. Thurs day is coming. If you act like my daughter, Ill marry you to my friend. If you dont act like my daughter, better if you starved and die on the streets. Believe me. I wont break this promise. JULIET Is there no pity in the sky that can see my sadness? O h, my sweet mother, dont throw me out! Delay this marriage for a month, or a week. LADY CAPULET Dont talk to me, because I wont say a word. Do as you please, because Im done worrying about you. LADY CAPULET exits. JULIET Oh God!Oh Nurse, how can this be stopped? I still have a lovable husband! Dont you have one word of joy? Give me some comfort, Nurse. NURSE This is what I have to say: Romeo has been banished. I think the best thing to do is to marry the count. I think you should be happy in this second marriage, because its better than your first. Even if its not better, your first marriage is over. JULIET Well, you have given me great comfort. Go inside and tell my mother that Im gone. I made my father angry, so I went to Friar Lawrences cell to confess and be forgiven. NURSE Alright, I will. This is a good idea. The nurse exits. JULIET What a mean nurse! From now on, I will never tell you what I feel in my heart. Im going to the Friar to find out his solution. If everything else fails, at least I have the power to kill myself. JULIET exits.

SCENE
FRIAR LAWRENCE and PARIS enter. FRIAR LAWRENCE On Thursday you will marry Juliet Capulet, sir? Thats very soon. PARIS Thats how my future father-in-law Capulet wants it. Though I havent had the chance to talk to her about love. FRIAR LAWRENCE Look, sir, here comes the lady. JULIET enters. PARIS Im happy to meet you, my wife. JULIET That might be the case sir, after Im married. PARIS We will, on Thursday. JULIET Do you have time for me now, Father, or should I come to you at evening? FRIAR LAWRENCE I have time for you now, my sad daughter. (to PARIS) My lord, we must ask you to leave us alone. PARIS Juliet, I will wake you early on Thursday. (kissing her cheek) Until then, good-bye. PARIS exits. JULIET Oh, Friar, please give me solution how to prevent the wedding. If you cannot help me, (she shows him a knife) Ill solve the problem myself. Please give me some advice about the current situation. FRIAR LAWRENCE Hold on, daughter, I see some hope. Ill give you the solution.

First, you go home. Be cheerful, and tell them you agree to marry Paris. Tomorrow is Wednesday. Tomorrow night make sure that you are alone. Dont let the Nurse stay with you in your bedroom. (showing her a vial) When youre in bed, take this vial, and drink the water in it. Then a cold, sleep-inducing drug will run through your veins, and your pulse will stop. Your flesh will be cold, and youll stop breathing. Your face will turn pale, and your eyes will shut. It will seem like youre dead. Youll remain in this deathlike state for forty-two hours, and then youll wak e up. Now, when Count Paris comes to get you out of bed on Thursday morning, youll seem dead. Then, as the tradition, youll be dressed up in your best clothes, and carried to the family tomb. Meanwhile, Ill send letter to Romeo about our plan. Hell come here, and well keep a watch for when you wake up. That night, Romeo will take you away to Mantua. This plan will free you from all the mess as long as you dont change your mind or become too scared. JULIET O-Okay... FRIAR LAWRENCE (giving her the vial) Now go along on your way. Be strong and successful in this decision. Ill send a friar quickly to Mantua with my letter for Romeo. JULIET Thank you for your help, dear Father. They exit separately.

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CAPULET enters with LADY CAPULET, the NURSE. CAPULET (to the NURSE) What, has my daughter gone to see Friar Lawrence? NURSE Yes, thats true. CAPULET Well, theres a chance he may do her some good. Shes a stubborn little brat. JULIET enters. NURSE Look, shes come home with a happy look on her face. CAPULET So, my headstrong daughter, where have you been?

JULIET I went somewhere where I learned that being disobedient to my father is a sin. Holy Father Lawrence instructed me to fall on my knees and beg your forgiveness. (she kneels down) Forgive me, I beg you. From now on Ill do whatever you say. CAPULET Send for the Count. Go tell him about this. Ill make this wedding happen tomorrow morning. JULIET Nurse, will you come with me to my closet and help me pick out the clothes and the jewelry Ill need to wear tomorrow? NURSE Sure, my Lady! JULIET and the NURSE exit. CAPULET Wife, lets prepare everything for tomorrows wedding. LADY CAPULET exits. CAPULET exits. JULIET and the NURSE enter. JULIET Yes, those are the best clothes. But, gentle Nurse, please leave me alone tonight. I have to say a lot of prayers to make the heavens bless me. You know that my life is troubled and full of sin. LADY CAPULET enters. LADY CAPULET What, are you busy? Do you need my help? JULIET No, mom, weve figured out the best things for me to wear tomorrow at the ceremony. So if its okay with you, Id like to be left alone now. Let the Nurse sit up with you tonight. Im sure you have your hands full preparing for the sudden festivities. LADY CAPULET Good night. Go to bed and get some rest. Im sure you need it. LADY CAPULET and the NURSE exit. JULIET

Goodbye. Only God knows when well meet again. Alright, heres the vial. Whatever will happen, Its too late. Ill drink it. (She drinks from the vial and falls on her bed, hidden by her bed curtains)

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LADY CAPULET and the NURSE enter. CAPULET enters. CAPULET Aaah, morning all! Finally the day we've waited has come. Look! It seems like Count has arrived. (to NURSE) Go wake Juliet. Go and get her dressed. Ill go and chat with Paris. Hey, hurry u p, hurry up! The bridegroom is already here. They exit. NURSE Mistress! Hey, mistress! Juliet! I Hey, bride! What, you dont say a word? My lady! Llet the count take you in your bed. Hell wake you up, I bet. Wont he? (she opens the bed curtains) What? Youre still dressed in all your clothes. I must wake you up. Lady! Lady! Lady! Oh no, oh no! Help, help! What? My ladys dead! Someone, please help!! LADY CAPULET enters. LADY CAPULET Whats all the noise in here? NURSE Look, look! Oh, what a sad day! LADY CAPULET Oh my, Oh my! My daughter is dead, my reason for living, wake up, look up, or Ill die with you! Help, help! Call for help. CAPULET enters. CAPULET What happened here? LADY CAPULET Curse the day! Shes dead, shes dead, shes dead! CAPULET No! Let me see her. Oh no! Shes cold. Her blood has stopped, and her joints are stiff. Shes been dead for some time. Shes dead, like a beautiful flower, killed by an unseasonable frost.

FRIAR LAWRENCE and PARIS enter with MUSICIANS. FRIAR LAWRENCE Come, is the bride ready to go to church? CAPULET (to PARIS) Oh son! On the night before your wedding day, death has taken your wife. (alay voice) MY DAUGHTER MARRIED TO DEATH! HIKS! PARIS Have I waited so long to see this morning, only to see his dead body? LADY CAPULET Ooooh my daughter!!! Don't die! CAPULET Now, she is laid, like a wilthered flower. (everyone cried) FRIAR LAWRENCE Be quiet, for shame! You cannot solve the confusion by yelling and screaming. Dry up your tears, and put your rosemary on this beautiful corpse. And, in accordance with custom, carry her to the church in her best clothes. Its natural for us to shed tears for her, but the truth is, we should be happy for her. CAPULET All the things that we prepared for the wedding party will now be used for the funeral. Our happy music will now be sad. Our wedding banquet will become a sad burial feast. Our celebratory hymns will change to sad funeral marches. Our bridal flowers will cover a buried corpse. And everything will be used for the opposite purpose from what we intended. FRIAR LAWRENCE Sir, you go in. And, madam, go with him. And you go too, Sir Paris. Everyone prepare to take this beautiful corpse to her grave. CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, PARIS, and FRIAR LAWRENCE exit. The NURSE exits. ROMEO enters. ROMEOs servant BALTHASAR enters. ROMEO

What is it, Balthasar? Do you bring me a letter from the friar? How is my wife? Is my father well? How is my Juliet? I ask that again because nothing can be wrong if she is well. BALTHASAR Then she is well, and nothing is wrong. I saw her buried in her familys tomb, and then I came here to tell you the news. Pardon me for bringing this bad news. ROMEO No matter. Get on your way and hire those horses. Ill be with you right away. BALTHASAR exits. ROMEO Well, Juliet, Ill lie with you tonight. ROMEO exits. The APOTHECARY enters, sit. ROMEO Hey, pharmacist! APOTHECARY Whos there? ROMEO Do you have any strong poison? APOTHECARY I have some lethal poisons, sir. ROMEO Good. Just give it to me!Take this money. (he holds out money) APOTHECARY Fine. (gives ROMEO poison) Put this in any kind of liquid you want and drink it down. It would kill you immediately. They exit. FRIAR LAWRENCE enters, FRIAR LAWRENCE Now I must go to the tomb alone. Within three hours Juliet will wake up. Shell be very angry with me that Romeo doesnt know what happened. But Ill write again to Mantua, and Ill keep her in my cell until Romeo comes. That poor living corpse.

FRIAR LAWRENCE exits

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PARIS enters with his PAGE. PARIS Give me your torch, boy. Go away and stay apart from me. Listen to make sure no one is coming through the graveyard. If you hear any one, whistle to me to signal that someone is approaching. Give me those flowers. Do as I tell you. Go. (The PAGE puts out the torch and gives PARIS the flowers) PAGE (to himself) I am almost afraid to stand alone here in the graveyard, but Ill take the risk. (The PAGE moves aside) (Paris put the flowers on the grave) PARIS hides in the darkness. ROMEO and BALTHASAR enter with a torch, a pickax, and an iron crowbar. ROMEO Here, take this letter. Early in the morning deliver it to my father. (he gives the letter to BALTHASAR) Swear on your life, I command you, whatever you hear or see, stay away from me and do not interrupt me in my plan. BALTHASAR (speaking so that only he can hear) Despite what I said, Ill hide nearby. BALTHASAR moves aside and falls asleep. (ROMEO begins to open the tomb with his tools) PARIS (speaking so that ROMEO cant hear) Its that arrogant Montague, the one whos been banished. Hes the one who murdered my loves cousin Tybalt. This guy has come here to commit awful crimes against the dead bodies. Ill catch him. (to ROMEO) Stop your evil work, vile Montague! Can you take revenge on dead bodies? Obey and come with me. You must die. ROMEO I must indeed. Thats why I came here. Good and noble young man, dont mess with me. Get away from here and leave me. Please, young man, dont make me angry. I dont want to commit another crime. Dont stay here, go away. Live, and from now on, say a madman mercifully told you to run away.

PARIS I refuse. Im arresting you as a criminal. ROMEO Are you going to provoke me? Alright, lets fight, boy! ROMEO and PARIS fight. PAGE Oh Lord, theyre fighting! Ill go call the watch. The PAGE exits. PARIS (he falls) Oh, Ive been killed! If you are merciful, open the tomb and lay me next to Juliet. PARIS dies. ROMEO Alright, I will. Let me look at this face. Its Mercutios relative, noble Count Paris! What did my man say? I was worried, so I wasnt listening to him while we were riding. I think he told me Paris was about to marry Juliet. Isnt that what he said? Or was I dreaming? Or am I crazy? Did I hear him say so mething about Juliet and jump to conclusions? Oh, give me your hand. Both of us had such bad luck! Ill bury you in a magnificent grave. ROMEO opens the tomb to reveal JULIET inside. A grave? Oh no! This is a lantern, dead Paris. Juliet lies here, and her beauty fills this tomb with light. Dead men, lie there. You are being buried by another dead man. (he lays PARIS in the tomb) Then, its time for me to die. ROMEO drinks the poison. ROMEO dies

FRIAR LAWRENCE enters with a lantern, crowbar, and shovel. FRIAR LAWRENCE Saint Francis, help me! How often tonight have my old feet stumbled on gravestones! Whos there? BALTHASAR Im Balthasar, Montagues servant. My master is there. Your friend. FRIAR LAWRENCE

Who is it? BALTHASAR Romeo. FRIAR LAWRENCE (approaching the tomb) Youre right, its Romeo! God, Im late! (he looks inside the tomb) Romeo! Oh, hes pale! Who else? What, Paris too? And hes covered in blood? Ah, when did these horrible things happen? The ladys moving. JULIET wakes up. JULIET Friar! Where is my husband? I remember very well where I should be, and here I am. Where is my Romeo? (A noise sounds from outside the tomb)

FRIAR LAWRENCE I hear some noise. Lady, come out of the tomb. A greater power than we can fight has ruined our plan. Come, come away. Your husband lies dead there, and Paris too. JULIET Go, get out of here. Im not going anywhere. FRIAR LAWRENCE exits. WATCHMEN and PARISs PAGE enter. CHIEF WATCHMAN (coming to the PAGE) Lead, boy. Which way? JULIET Oh, noise? Then Ill be quick. Oh, good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die. (she stabs herself with ROMEOs dagger and dies) PAGE This is the place. There, where the torch is burning. CHIEF WATCHMAN The ground is bloody. Search the graveyard. Go, some of you, arrest whoever you find. Some WATCHMEN exit.

This is a pitiful sight! The count is dead. Juliet is bleeding. Her body is warm, and she seems to have been dead only a short time, even though she has been buried for two days. Go, tell the Prince. Run to the Capulets. Wake up the Montagues. Have some others search. Some other WATCHMEN exit in several directions. We see the cause of all this pain. But well have to investigate to discover the whole story. The SECOND WATCHMAN reenters with BALTHASAR. SECOND WATCHMAN Heres Romeos man. We found him in the churchyard. CHIEF WATCHMAN Hold him in custody until the Prince gets here. The THIRD WATCHMAN reenters with FRIAR LAWRENCE. THIRD WATCHMAN Here is a friar whos trembling. He was walking from this side of the graveyard. CHIEF WATCHMAN Very suspicious. Hold the friar too. The PRINCE enters with ATTENDANTS.

PRINCE What crimes happen so early in the morning that I have to wake up before the usual time?

CAPULET and LADY CAPULET enter. LADY CAPULET Some people in the street are crying Romeo. Some are crying Juliet, and some are crying Paris. Theyre all running in an open riot toward our tomb. PRINCE Whats this awful thing that everyones crying about? CHIEF WATCHMAN Prince, here lies Count Paris killed. And Romeo dead. And Juliet. She was dead before, but now shes warm and hasnt been dead for long. PRINCE

Investigate how this foul murder came about. LADY CAPULET Oh my! This sight of death is like a bell that warns me Im old and Ill die soon. MONTAGUE enters. MONTAGUE (seeing ROMEO's body) Oh My God!! What happened here? My son, Romeo! Are this Capulets who do this to you? PRINCE Shut up. Were still dont know what actually happened here. FRIAR LAWRENCE And here I stand, you can question me and punish me. I have already condemned and excused myself. PRINCE Tell us what you know about this affair. FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo was the husband of that Juliet. I married them; their secret wedding day was the day Tybalt died. His untimely death caused the bridegroom to be banished from the city. Juliet was sad because Romeo was gone, not because of Tybalts death. To cure her sadness, you arranged a marriage for her with Count Paris. Then she came to me asked me to devise a plan to get her out of this second marriage. So I gave her a sleeping potion. It worked as planned. She seemed to everyone to be dead. In the meantime I wrote to Romeo and told him to come here on this awful night to help remove her from her temporary grave when the sleeping potion wore off. Actually, Ive asked someone to tell Romeo about that. But the man who carried my letter, Friar John, was held up by an accident. Last night he gave me the letter back. So I came here alone at the hour when she was supposed to wake up. I came to take her out of her familys tomb, hoping to hide her in my cell until I could make contact with Romeo . But by the time I got here, just a few minutes before Juliet woke up, Paris and Romeo were already dead. She woke up, and I asked her to come out of the tomb with me and endure this tragedy with patience. But then a noise sent me running scared from the tomb. She was too desperate to come with me, and it seems that she killed herself. I know all of this. And her Nurse knows about the marriage too. If any part of this tragedy is my fault, let my old life be sacrificed and let me suffer the most severe punishment. PRINCE We have always known you to be a holy man. Wheres Romeos man? What does he have to say about this? BALTHASAR

I brought my master news of Juliets death. And then he rode from Mantua here to this tomb. (he shows a letter) Earlier this morning he asked me to give this letter to his father. When he went into the vault, he threatened me with death if I didnt leave him alone there. PRINCE Give me the letter. (he takes the letter from BALTHASAR) (skimming the letter) This letter confirms the friars account. It describes the course of their love and mentions the news of her death. Here he writes that he bought poison from a poor pharmacist. He brought that poison with him to this vault to die and lie with Juliet. Where are these enemies? Capulet! Montague! Do you see what a great evil results from your hate? Heaven has figured out how to kill your joys with love. Because I looked the other way when your feud flared up, Ive lost several members of my family as well. Everyone is punished for this. CAPULET Oh, brother Montague, give me your hand. This is my daughters dowry. I can ask you for nothing more. MONTAGUE But I can give you more. Ill raise her statue in pure gold. As long as this city is called Verona, there will be no figure praised more than that of true and faithful Juliet. CAPULET The statue I will make of Romeo to lie beside his Juliet will be just as rich. They were poor sacrifices of our rivalry. PRINCE Lets go, to talk about these sad things some more. Some will be pardoned, and some will be punished. There was never a story more full of pain than the story of Romeo and Juliet. They all exit. Except FRIAR LAWRENCE. FRIAR LAWRENCE Holy God, Im tired of all of this. Everyoneinclude me, are idiots. Whatever it will happen in the future, about the Montagues and Capulets, I dont care anymore. (Friar Lawrence walks away) *CHORUS* And so, the story is ended.