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    Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet
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    Romeo and Juliet

    By William Shakespeare

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    When the feud between the Montagues and Capulets spills into the streets of Verona, a great love must be kept secret—that of Romeo, son of Montague, and Juliet, daughter of the sworn enemy. But only a tragic twist of fate can promise peace. When Shakespeare staged Romeo and Juliet in 1594, it was already a centuries-old Italian tale that had been translated and adapted in verse and prose by a number of poets and storytellers. Out of the common threads of those now-forgotten works, Shakespeare created not only one of his most popular plays, but one that would become the archetypal love story of the English language.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStargatebook
    Release dateAug 24, 2017
    ISBN9788822815460
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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      Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

      ROMEO AND JULIET

      BY

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      1597

      © David De Angelis 2017 – all rights reserved

      CONTENTS

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      ACT 1

      PROLOGUE

      SCENE 1

      SCENE 2

      SCENE 3

      SCENE 4

      SCENE 5

      ACT 2

      PROLOGUE

      SCENE 1

      SCENE 2

      SCENE 3

      SCENE 4

      SCENE 5

      SCENE 6

      ACT 3

      SCENE 1

      SCENE 2

      SCENE 3

      SCENE 4

      SCENE 5

      ACT 4

      SCENE 1

      SCENE 2

      SCENE 3

      SCENE 4

      SCENE 5

      ACT 5

      SCENE 1

      SCENE 2

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      Escalus, prince of Verona

      Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince Heads of two houses at variance with each other

      MONTAGUE

      CAPULET

      An old Man, cousin to Capulet.

      Romeo, son to Montague.

      Mercutio, kinsman to the prince, and friend to Romeo.

      Benvolio, nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo.

      Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet.

      Franciscans

      FRIAR LAURENCE

      FRIAR JOHN

      Balthasar, servant to Romeo.

      servants to Capulet.

      SAMPSON

      GREGORY

      Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse.

      Abraham, servant to Montague.

      An Apothecary.

      Three Musicians.

      Page to Paris; another Page; an officer.

      LADY Montague, wife to Montague.

      LADY Capulet, wife to Capulet.

      Juliet, daughter to Capulet.

      Nurse to Juliet.

      Citizens of Verona; several Men and Women, relations to both houses; Maskers, Guards, Watchmen, and Attendants.

      Chorus.

      ACT 1

      PROLOGUE

      Two households, both alike in dignity,

      In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

      From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

      Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

      From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

      A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

      Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

      Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

      The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

      And the continuance of their parents' rage,

      Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

      The which if you with patient ears attend,

      What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

      SCENE 1

      Verona. A public place.

      Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers

      SAMPSON

      Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals.

      GREGORY

      No, for then we should be colliers.

      SAMPSON

      I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.

      GREGORY

      Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

      SAMPSON

      I strike quickly, being moved.

      GREGORY

      But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

      SAMPSON

      A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

      GREGORY

      To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand:

      therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn'st away.

      SAMPSON

      A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

      GREGORY

      That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes to the wall.

      SAMPSON

      True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.

      GREGORY

      The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.

      SAMPSON

      'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids, and cut off their heads.

      GREGORY

      The heads of the maids?

      SAMPSON

      Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.

      GREGORY

      They must take it in sense that feel it.

      SAMPSON

      Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.

      GREGORY

      'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool! here comes two of the house of the Montagues.

      SAMPSON

      My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee.

      GREGORY

      How! turn thy back and run?

      SAMPSON

      Fear me not.

      GREGORY

      No, marry; I fear thee!

      SAMPSON

      Let us take the law of our sides; let them begin.

      GREGORY

      I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as they list.

      SAMPSON

      Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

      Enter ABRAHAM and BALTHASAR

      ABRAHAM

      Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

      SAMPSON

      I do bite my thumb, sir.

      ABRAHAM

      Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

      SAMPSON

      [Aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say ay?

      GREGORY

      No.

      SAMPSON

      No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.

      GREGORY

      Do you quarrel, sir?

      ABRAHAM

      Quarrel sir! no, sir.

      SAMPSON

      If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.

      ABRAHAM

      No better.

      SAMPSON

      Well, sir.

      GREGORY

      Say 'better:' here comes one of my master's kinsmen.

      SAMPSON

      Yes, better, sir.

      ABRAHAM

      You lie.

      SAMPSON

      Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

      They fight

      Enter BENVOLIO

      BENVOLIO

      Part, fools!

      Put up your swords; you know not what you do.

      Beats down their swords

      Enter TYBALT

      TYBALT

      What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?

      Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.

      BENVOLIO

      I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,

      Or manage it to part these men with me.

      TYBALT

      What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,

      As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:

      Have at thee, coward!

      They fight

      Enter, several of both houses, who join the fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs

      First Citizen

      Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!

      Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues!

      Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET

      CAPULET

      What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!

      LADY CAPULET

      A crutch, a crutch! why call you for a sword?

      CAPULET

      My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,

      And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

      Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE

      MONTAGUE

      Thou villain Capulet,--Hold me not, let me go.

      LADY MONTAGUE

      Thou shalt not stir a foot to seek a foe.

      Enter PRINCE, with Attendants

      PRINCE

      Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--

      Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,

      That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

      With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

      On pain of torture, from those bloody hands

      Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,

      And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

      Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,

      By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

      Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, And made Verona's ancient citizens

      Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,

      To wield old partisans, in hands as old,

      Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:

      If ever you disturb our streets again,

      Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

      For this time, all the rest depart away:

      You Capulet; shall go along with me:

      And, Montague, come you this afternoon,

      To know our further pleasure in this case,

      To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.

      Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

      Exeunt all but MONTAGUE, LADY MONTAGUE, and BENVOLIO

      MONTAGUE

      Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?

      Speak, nephew, were you by when it began?

      BENVOLIO

      Here were the servants of your adversary,

      And yours, close fighting ere I did approach:

      I drew to part them: in the instant came

      The fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepared,

      Which, as he breathed defiance to my ears,

      He swung about his head and cut the winds,

      Who nothing hurt withal hiss'd him in scorn:

      While we were interchanging thrusts and blows,

      Came more and more and fought on part and part,

      Till the prince came, who parted

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