romeo and juliet play script modern english pdf

Romeo sees Juliet dancing and…falls in love at first sight. Now, for the moment we've all been waiting for.

The measure done, I’ll watch her place of standĪnd, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand.ĭid my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,įor I ne’er saw true beauty till this night. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows 55 It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightīeauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand His cousin says it's been thirty years, and Capulet says, 'Whoa-time flies.' Having welcomed in Romeo and company all in masks, Capulet turns to his cousin and asks how long it's been since they put on masks and went to a dance. Some five and twenty years, and then we masked. What, man, ’tis not so much, ’tis not so much. (We're not kidding.)ĬAPULET’S COUSIN By ’r Lady, thirty years. He also threatens that if any young girl refuses to dance, he'll tell everyone she 'hath corns' on her feet. How long is ’t now since last yourself and IĪt the shindig, Capulet welcomes his guests to the party and invites everyone to get their groove on. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, 35 More light, you knaves, and turn the tables up,Īnd quench the fire the room is grown too hot.-Īh, sirrah, this unlooked-for sport comes well. You are welcome, gentlemen.-Come, musicians,Ī hall, a hall, give room!-And foot it, girls. Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, Unplagued with corns will walk a bout with Gentlewomen to Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, and the The servants are bustling about, clearing tables and cleaning dishes, complaining about the mess the partygoers made at dinner, and trying to save some scraps for themselves.Įnter Capulet and his household, all the guests and 15Ĭheerly, boys! Be brisk awhile, and the longer liver THIRD SERVINGMAN We cannot be here and there too. Thou loves me, let the porter let in Susan Grindstone 10įIRST SERVINGMAN You are looked for and called for,Īsked for and sought for, in the great chamber. Good thou, save me a piece of marchpane, and, as SECOND SERVINGMAN When good manners shall lieĪll in one or two men’s hands, and they unwashed 5įIRST SERVINGMAN Away with the joint stools, remove To take away? He shift a trencher? He scrape a FIRST SERVINGMAN Where’s Potpan that he helps not

Romeo and juliet play script modern english pdf