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Two rival families that are involved in a
family feud that goes back years
before any of the members were born
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 is a Montague. He falls in love with Juliet and
proceeds to marry her.
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 6he is a Capulet. 6he falls in love with Romeo.
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 He is Juliet's father. He is strict, harsh,
not understanding. He wants her to marry Paris.
‡ ½   ¦He is Romeo' father. He is stubborn
and not willing to forgive.
‡ ½   ¦6he is Romeo's mother.
‡    He is kinsman of Prince.
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‡ 
 He is Prince of Verona.
‡  ½  He is the Priest in
Verona.
‡  x ¦He was supposed to deliver a
letter to Romeo about Juliet, but Romeo
did not get it.
‡   6he cared for Juliet during
childhood.
  ¦He is a good friend of
Romeo

  ¦He is a servant and a friend
of Romeo.
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  He is a friend of Romeo
‡
 He is a nephew of Lady
Capulet.
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  He is a Capulet servant
‡Ê ¦He is a Capulet servant
^ 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;
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The which if you with patient ears attend,
^ What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Œn the beautiful city of Verona, where our story takes
place, a long¦standing hatred between two families
erupts into new violence, and citizens stain their hands
with the blood of their fellow citizens. Two unlucky
children of these enemy families become lovers and
commit suicide. Their unfortunate deaths put an end to
their parents' feud.

For the next two hours, we will watch the story of their
doomed love and their parents' anger, which nothing but
the children͛s deaths could stop. Œf you listen to us
patiently, we͛ll make up for everything we͛ve left out in
this prologue onstage.