The story takes place in the famous city of Verona,
There are two great families of equal rank,
The old grudge of the past stirs up a new quarrel,
Blood defiles the white hands of the citizens.
It was fate that doomed these two feuding families,
to give birth to a pair of unfortunate lovers,
their tragic and desolate demise,
reconciled their feuding honored relatives.
This life-and-death romance,
and the enmity of those two parents,
which killed a pair of amorous sons and daughters,
has been played out in this book of drama to-day.
Act I
(Props: None; Lights: Brightly lit)
Capulet: Welcome, friends, welcome! Misses and wives with no calluses on their toes dance
A dance! Come, musicians, play the music! Dance, girls! (Music: Spring Dance) (The crowd begins to dance)
(Romeo sees Juliet, is attracted by her beauty and walks towards her, asking to dance with her)
Romeo: If the dust of my hands has profaned thy sacred temple, these lips, shy devotee, would beg thy pardon with a kiss. (Music stops)
Juliet: Believers, do not insult your hands, this is the most pious salute; the hands of the gods
would have allowed believers to touch, the closeness of the palm is far better than a kiss.
Romeo: God, let me take the grace. (Kisses Juliet's hand.) (Looks up, fondly.) This kiss cleanses me from my sins.
Juliet: The sin of thy lips is on my fingers.
Romeo: Ah, sin between my lips? I thank thee for thy careful fingerprints! (Fondly) Let me take it back.
Nurse: My lady, her ladyship wishes to speak to you.
Romeo: Who is her mother?
Nurse: Her mother is the lady of this house.
Romeo: Is she of the house of Capulet? By God, my life and death are now in the hands of my enemies!
Juliet: Come, nurse. Who is that gentleman over there?
Nurse: He is Romeo, of the house of Montague, the only son of our enemy.
Juliet: What?! Love melts in the ashes of hatred; if we should not know each other, why should we meet? Yesterday's enemy, today's lover, this love is afraid of planting the roots of trouble.
Nurse: What? Miss, what are you talking about?
Juliet: ah, (panic in the forced composure) nothing, this is just that the person who danced with me just now taught me a few lines of poetry.
(The maids of honor call out internally:Mademoiselle!)
Juliet: Coming, coming! Let's go; the guests have dispersed.
Romeo: My heart lingers here; can I just turn away and go? Turn back,
Thou listless body, and seek thy soul.
(Climbs up the wall and jumps in.)
Bonzelio: Romeo! Brother Romeo!
Maiyaksio: It looks as if he must have slipped home to sleep.
Boncellio: I don't think so. He ran down this road and must have jumped into this garden wall.
Maiyaksio: This madman, that's a Capulet house!
BONSOLIO: I think we had better go; he will avoid us, and it will be in vain to seek him. (Same as below.)
(Turning off all the lights)
NARRATOR: The moon spreads its silver light, and for Juliet it is a quiet and peaceful night, yet it is flattered by Romeo's intrusion.
Act II The Garden of the Capulets (Romeo, Juliet)
(Props: the balcony of the production; a few lights are lit, and the whole scene is dimly lit, creating the feeling of a moonlit scene; Music: Juliet's soliloquy music)
Juliet: Ah! Romeo, Romeo, why art thou called Romeo? Deny thy father
Give up thy name! If thou wilt, make a vow of love to me,
And I'll no longer be called a Capulet.
Romeo: (whispering) Shall I go on listening, or speak to her now?
Juliet: What are you, hiding in the dark to eavesdrop on people?
Romeo: I cannot tell you what my name is. Beloved gods, I hate my own
name, for it is your enemy; and if it were written on paper, I would tear the
words to pieces.
Juliet: Art thou not Romeo, of the house of Montague?
Romeo: No, girl, if you don't like the name.
Juliet: Tell me, how and why have you come here? The walls of the garden are so high that they cannot be easily climbed; and if, if the men of my house see you here, they will not let you live!
Romeo: I fly over the garden wall on the light wings of love, for the walls of masonry cannot shut out love
; all that the power of love can do I will venture to try, and what is the enmity of my family before the love I have for thee! Look, girl, at the bright moon, whose silver light paints the tips of these fruit trees, and I will swear by it--
Juliet: Ah! Swear not by the moon, for every month waxes and wanes, and how changeable it is; and if thou swear by it, perhaps thy love will be like it, and I, for one, shall never wish thee so.
Nurse: Miss, it is time to rest!
Juliet: I am going, (with intense reluctance) farewell. JULIETTE: Good night! May quiet rest come equally to you and me both!
Romeo: Ah! you leave me thus? Knowest thou that from the first sight of thee I have given thee all my love?
Juliet: I understand, my dear, and I love you too.
Nurse: (inside) Miss!
Juliette: (inside) Coming. My dear Montague, I will send for you a letter to-morrow,
and may you not be ungrateful, good night! Parting is so sweetly poignant, and I would fain bid you good night till morning! (Below.)
Romeo: May sleep close thy eyes! May peace rest my heart!
(Lights fade out completely; music fades and stops)
NARRATOR: For several days, in addition to communicating by letter, they have been meeting privately by various means. Their love was growing. At last they agreed to be married in Father Lawrence's monastery, (wedding march plays) to be husband and wife . (pause) But who would have thought that (stormy sound) happiness would come so quickly and sweetly that one would forget that this was a cursed union, and look, the darkness is opening its curtains and coming step by step.
Act III The Square (Meyaccio, Bonzelio)
(Props: four swords; Lights: fully on, creating a daytime scene)
Meyaccio: It's hot as hell! It's easiest to get all worked up in this weather.
BONSOLIO: Let's just go back. It's so hot, and the Capulets are all over the street,
and if we run into them, we'll have to quarrel again
Bonzolio: Aye, aye! The Capulets are here
Maiyaksio: Hmph, that kind of person, what's so scary about it.
(Tybalt on)
Tybalt: Good night to you both! I need to have a word with whichever one of you it is.
Maiyaksio: If you would like to take us on in more than a word, we
would be willing to oblige.
Tipharelt: If you give me a reason, you will see that I am not a fearful man either.
Maiyaksio: You won't come up with a reason of your own?
(Romeo on)
Tybalt: Well, here's the man I'm looking for; I'm not going to argue with you.
TIBBERT: Romeo, my hatred of thee makes me give thee no better name
- thou art an ass! (draws his sword)
Romeo: I never offended you.
Maiyaksio: To insult my friend like that! Tipphalt looks at the sword! (A melee of men and horses on both sides.
Tipprelt stabs Maeguezio under Romeo's arm and flees down.)
Romeo: My Meyaccio!
My Meyaccio Romeo, Bonheurio, see you in the next life!
(Dies)
BONSOLIO: Brave Meyaccio is dead! He has left this world with his hands, and his
soul has ascended to heaven!
Romeo: This noble friend, the king's nearest kinsman, has lost his precious
life for my sake!
Tybalt (to Romeo) : Thou damned boy, thou wast friends with him in life, go with him in death
! (Drawing his sword)
Romeo : The ghost of Mercutio is over us, and he waits for you to be his companion; and this
sword can decide for us who shall die and who shall live.
(The two fight each other; Tybalt falls.)
Romeo to Publio: Come away!
(Lights go out completely)
NARRATOR: The bad news spreads quickly throughout the city, so the Prince orders Romeo banished.
Act IV The Capulets (Nurse, Juliet, Lady Capulet)
(Props: broom, bed, table; lights on)
(Juliet is blissfully fiddling with the ring, reminiscing about the wedding, while the maids of honor are briskly cleaning the room)
Nurse: Miss! Mademoiselle! Tybalt is dead, and Romeo banished; Romeo has killed Tybalt,
and he is now banished.
Juliet: God! Tybalt, he, he ...... he is dead ...... is it even by Romeo's hand? No,it can't be, it's not true, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!
Nurse: Yes, yes, yes, yes! (Sound of storm)
Juliet: What a storm it is! Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished again!
One is my dearest cousin, and the other my dearest husband? Then,
Dreadful trumpet, proclaim the end of the world! Canst thou, all-abominable world, have no room for two such men?
Maid: Miss, Miss calm down! Get thee to thy room; I'll seek Romeo to comfort thee, I know where he is. Believe me, your Romeo will come to see you this night; he is now hiding in Father Lawrence's temple, and I will go to him.
Juliet: Ah! Good ...... good! (dawning realization) You go to him quickly; take this ring to my faithful knight, and bid him come to make a last farewell. (Background music stops.) (Each down.)
(Juliet goes to her room and lies on her bed, teared up. Mrs. Capulet goes up.)
Mrs. Capulet: Ah! What, Juliet!
Juliet: Mother, I am not very well.
Mrs. Capulet: My child, I know that Tipple's death has hit you hard, but a lost loved one is not something that can be cried back with tears. (Pause) Now, child, I have good news for you.
Juliet: Mom, are you making fun of me? What can be called good news at such a sad time?
Lady Capulet: My child, you have a good and considerate father; he has chosen a happy day for you to relieve your sorrows, and on this Thursday you will marry that handsome, young, and noble gentleman, the Earl of Paris!
Juliet: Mom, you're kidding!
Lady Capulet: I am not joking. You must marry him. (Slow, stern)
Juliet: Ah, my dear mother! Do not forsake me! Postpone the marriage for a month, or a week; or, if you will not grant it to me, lay my new bed in the dark grave of Tybalt!
Lady Capulet: Stop this nonsense and get ready to be a bride!
(Mrs. Capulet down)
Juliet: God knows how sad my heart is, can it be that it will not show me a little mercy?
Nurse : Miss Juliet, why don't you ask Father Lawrence.
Juliet: Yes, yes! I will go to the priest and ask him for help; if all else has been exhausted, I have at least the option of dying. (Juliet goes down)
(Lights go out completely)
Narrator:So Juliet found Father Lawrence again.
Scene 5 In the Monastery Room (Juliet, Father)
(Props: dagger, vial of medicine; lights on)
Juliet: Father, what now?
Lawrence: ah, Juliet! I have long known your sorrow, and could not think of a foolproof
scheme. I hear that you must marry the earl on Thursday, and that there is no possibility of delaying it
.
Juliet: If your wisdom cannot help me, I
can settle everything at once with this knife, if you will only agree with my resolution.
Lawrence: Stop! If you can be resolute enough to die because you are unwilling to marry the Earl of Paris, you must be willing to avoid
this disgrace by a means which is almost as good as death; and if you dare to take the risk, I will tell you what you can do.
Juliet: Father, whatever makes me tremble at the sound of it, I am willing to go without fear or hesitation, if it will enable me to live to be a pure and spotless wife to my beloved.
Lawrence: well, then lay down your knife; and go home happy, and promise to marry Paris.
Take this one vial, and to-morrow night, when you have gone to bed, drink a mouthful of the liquid which has been refined
therein, and be in a state indistinguishable from death, and in forty-two
hours you will be as if you had awakened from a sound sleep. When they find you dead,
they will carry you to the graves of your ancestors among the Capulets. In the meantime I will write to Romeo
and tell him of our plan and tell him to come here at once, and as soon as you wake up
you can be with Romeo. This one way will surely save you from this immediate disgrace, as long as you don't change your mind and get discouraged on the way
. My son, may God bless you.
Juliet: Yes, Father, I will do as you say. Farewell.
(Lights off)
NARRATOR:Having finished her secret conversation with the priest, Juliette hoofed it home, ready to realize the great plan.
Act VI Juliet's Bedroom (Nurse, Juliet, Capulet)
(Props: bed, poison; lights on)
Juliet : Mother! We have chosen everything we will need for tomorrow, so now please
leave me here alone; and let the Nurse stay up with you tonight, for I
am sure that this time things have been done in such a hurry that you must be too busy to do anything.
Mrs. Capulet: Good night! Go to bed early, you deserve some rest and relaxation.
Juliet: Yes, Mother.
(Mrs. Capulet and Nurse down.)
Juliet: Farewell! God knows when we shall meet. I feel as if a
shiver thrilled my blood, as if it were freezing the hot current of life.
Ah, look! Is not that the spirit of Tybalt, there pursuing Romeo to
avenge his sword? Wait, Tybalt, wait! Romeo,
I come! I'll drink this for thee!
Nurse: My lady! Hello, miss! Juliet! It's your big day, wake up! She must be asleep. Hey, lamb! Wake up. Hey, you lazy girl! Kiss! Miss! What's the matter? Not a sound? Miss! Miss! Miss! I have to wake you up. Miss! Miss! Oy vey! My lady is dead! Master! MRS!
(Capulet, Mrs. Capulet, Paris on)
Capulet: What's the noise? What is it?
Nurse: She's dead, miss she's dead yah!
(Mrs. Capulet crouched and sat on the ground, Nurse was busy over to help)
Capulet (flung himself on Juliet): ay, ay! My child, my
only life! Wake up! Open your eyes! How can I go on living if you are dead
?
(Crowd cries out)
Lawrence: Be still! It's no use crying and screaming like this. Dry your eyes
, spread your scented flowers over this beautiful body, and carry her to the church in her full dress, as is the custom.
Lawrence. You, sir, go in; you, madam,
accompany him; you, Count Baris, go also; and all prepare to bury this beautiful
body.
(Mr. and Mrs. Capulet, Barris, and Lawrence go down with him.)
(Lights fade out)
NARRATOR: Originally, the priest sent a handwritten letter to Romeo, who had been banished from the country. Unexpectedly, the messenger was delayed, and in order to deliver the message in time, while Romeo had heard of Juliet's passing, he bought a vial of poison (which was the real thing), sneaked back to Verona in the middle of the night, and slipped into the Capulet's underground mausoleum in order to see Juliet one last time. .
Act VII
(Props: two long swords, a dagger, poison bottle, bed; lights on)
Paris: These flowers cover your new bed; woe is me, a delicate red that is forever committed to the sands! I will use
sorrowful tears and perfume to water your grave; I will go to your grave night after night to scatter
flowers and weep, and this period of love will never end!
(Footsteps)
Hmm? Who's here?
Romeo: Thou heartless clay, that devours the loveliest man in the world! ,
(digging the door to the tomb open)
Paris: Ah! Thou art the all-abominable Montague who has been banished from the world! Cease from your sin; is it not enough that you have killed them, but that you should vent your hatred on the dead?
Paris: I will avenge them! I will avenge them !
Romeo: Must you anger me? Then, well, come on!
The two of them fight.)
(Swords drawn, two men struggle, Paris falls)
(A Time for Us music plays)
Romeo: Ah, my love! My wife! Though death has drained thy sweet breath,
it has no power to destroy thy beauty. Thou art not conquered, the red flag of beauty still
Brushes thy lips and cheeks, and death's white flag is not yet planted there!
Dear Juliet, why are you still so beautiful? Is that vain death
Death, that withered and loathsome demon, a lover too, that hid thee
In this dark cave to be his mistress? To prevent such a thing,
I will stay with thee for ever, and never again leave this long night's secluded palace; I will stay
here, with thy handmaidens, the maggots; ah! I will rest here
for ever, and break the bonds of ill-fortune
from my world-weary mortal body. Eyes, take thy last look! Arms, take thy last embrace! Lips, ah! Portal of thy breath, with one lawful kiss, make a perpetual compact with the death that nets
all! Come, bitter guide,
Desperate pilot of the harbor, now hasten to dash thy wind-weary ship against that windy
rock! For my beloved, I drink to this! (Drinks medicine)
Ah! The seller of the medicine did not lie to me, and the medicine came on quickly. I died in this kiss.
Ah! （
And I died in that kiss.)
(Music A Time for Us pauses)
(Father Lawrence holds the other end of the cemetery.)
Lawrence: St. Francis of Assisi has blessed me! Why do my old feet keep tripping over the graves tonight
! Who is that yonder? (Leaning forward) Romeo! Ay, ay! Ay, what blood is there upon the door of this
grave? How is it that in this quiet place these two bloodstained swords are placed? (Entering the tomb) Romeo! Ah, his
face is so pale! Who else is there? What! Is Paris lying here, too,
Drenched in blood? Ah! What a cruel hour has caused this tragic
accident! The lady awoke.
(Juliet wakes.)
Juliet: Ah, kind priest! Where is my husband? I remember well where I should be
, and here I am. Where is my Romeo?
(A Time for Us music continues)
Lawrence: My lady, a force we cannot resist has thwarted our plans.
Come on, get out. Your husband has died beside you; Paris is dead. The night patrol is coming, Juliet, go.
Juliet : Go, you go! I will not go. (Lawrence descends) What's this? A
cup, clasped in the hand of my faithful love? I know,
It must be the poison that has ended his life. Alas, the wrongdoer! Thou hast drunk it all together,
and wilt not leave a drop for me? Then I'll kiss thy lips, and perhaps there's some venom left on this, that I may take it as nectar and die. (Kisses Romeo) Thy lips are still warm!
Ah, good knife! (seizes Romeo's dagger) Let me die by your side and make this night eternal!
(Flops down on Romeo and dies.)
NARRATOR: The parents of the two families arrive and the priest tells them the poignant love story of Romeo and Juliet. After losing their sons and daughters, the parents of the two families came to their senses, but it was too late. From then on, the two families eliminated their grievances and buried Romeo and Juliet together, and cast two gold statues for them in the city. The story of Romeo and Juliet began to gradually spread down, which is also in the warning us, resentment can only bring trouble, only true love can be eternal.
(The music faded out, the whole audience went up and bowed)
This is what I looked up on the Internet Originally it was also going to be a drama, but the teacher said it was too long and had to give up! I hope to adopt!