ROMEO AND JULIET

In the town of Verona lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, engaged in
a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded lad with an eyes for
the ladies.

Scene 1: THE BALL

CAPULET Welcome, gentlemen! Come, musicians,play.

[Music plays and they dance]

[Romeo sees Juliet for the first time.]

PARIS My lady Juliet

JULIET Count Paris

PARIS Can I take you for a dance?

And make my evening full
With your heavenly smile.

Count Paris and Juliet starts dancing

ROMEO What lady’s that, which doth enrich the hand

of Yonder knight?

BENVOLIO I do not know.

ROMEO O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,
For I never saw true beauty till this night.

[Romeo starts approaching Juliet at the dance and Count Paris tried to stop him]

PARIS Sir,I must protest

[Romeo ignores Paris and starts dancing with Juliet]

JULIET What claim is that?

ROMEO Claim of love,That ever must be heared.

TYBALT This by voice,Should be a Montague.

Now,by the stock and honour of my kin
To strike him dead,I hold it not a sin.

CAPULET Why, how now, kinsman, wherefore storm you so?

TYBALT Uncle,the man Juliet is dancing with is a Montague

CAPULET Young Romeo is it?

TYBALT Its him the villain Romeo

CAPULET Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.

Verona brags of him
To be a virtuous and well-governed youth.
I would not for the wealth of all this town
Here in my house do him harm.
Therefore be patient;, take no note of him.
It is my will, the which if thou respect,

TYBALT I will not endure it

CAPULET He shall be endured. Am I the master here, or you? Go to.

You’ll make a mutiny among my guests!

TYBALT Why uncle,tis shame

CAPULET Be quiet, or I'll make you quiet

TYBALT I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall Now seeming sweet
convert to bitterest gall

EXIT TYBALT

ROMEO If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine the gentle sin is this.

JULIET My lips, to blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much
Which mannerly devotion shows in this
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hand to hand do touch
palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

ROMEO Have not saints lips,and holy palmers too?

JULIET Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must used in prayer.

ROMEO O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do.

The pray grant thou,lest faith turn to despair.

JULIET Saints do not move , though grant for prayers sake.

ROMEO Then move not, while my prayers effect I take.

Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin in purged.
JULIET Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

ROMEO Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged!

Give me my sin again.

JULIET You kiss by th’ took

NURSE Madam,your mother craves a word with you.

ROMEO What is her mother

NURSE Marry bachelor,

Her mother is the lady of this house.

ROMEO Is she a capulet?

O dear account!My life is my foe’s debt.

ROMEO Away,be gone,the sport is at my best.

ROMEO Ay, so I fear, the more id my unrest

CAPULET Nay, gentleman prepare not to be gone;

We have a trifling foolish banquet towards.
Is it e'en so?Why, then I thank you all.
I thank you honest gentleman. Good night.
More torches here! Come on, then let's to bed.
SCENE 3:BALCONY

BENVOLIO: He ran this way

(SIGHS) I know he's jumped the wall. Let's call him, good Mercuito.

MERCUTIO:Romeo! Suitor...Madman!

ROMEO:He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks.It is the east and Juliet is the sun.
Wait it is my lady.Oh it is my love.I’d give forth such light that birds would sing,
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.Oh,that I were a glove upon that hand
that I might touch that cheek.

JULIET:Ah me.

ROMEO:She speaks. Oh speak again,bright angel.

JULIET:Oh Romeo,Romeo where for art thou,Romeo?

Deny my father and refused thy name, or if thou wilt not, but be sworn my love, and I
no longer be a Capulet.

ROMEO:Shall I hear more or shall I speak at this.

JULIET:Tis, but my name that is my enemy.

You'd be yourself if you were not called Montague.
What is in name?
Romeo,cast thy name and for that name
Which is no part of you,take all of me

ROMEO:I take you at your word!

Call me your love, and I'll be new baptized and henceforth.
I never be Romeo.

JULIET:What man are you that hides within the shadows of the night to spy on me?

ROMEO:I know not how to tell you who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to
myself because it is an enemy to you.

JULIET: I have not heard you speak a hundred words yet I do know the sound of
that sweet voice.Are you not Romeo and a Montague?

ROMEO:Neither, dear love, if either you dislike

JULIET:Why have you come?

This place is death any of my kinsmen find you here.

ROMEO: Therefore thy kinsmen cannot stop me.

To see you look severe frightens me more than 20 of their swords. (SIGHS)
JULIET: I would not for the world they saw you here.
ROMEO:But I would not have missed the words you spoke. (SIGHS)

JULIET:I blush to think what you have heard tonight. If i should ask you now for
vows of love, I know you would say aye... but if you swear you may prove false.
They say love does laugh at lovers perjuries.
And will you now call me too fast?
When had you not heard me, I should be slow as ice,
Romeo, trust me, and I will prove more true than those who played the game with far
more cunning with.

ROMEO:Lady, by yonder moon i swear that tips silver all the fruit tree tops.\

JULIET:Oh, I swear not by the moon the inconstant moon that monthly changes in
her circled orb, lest that your love prover likewise variable.

ROMEO:What shall I swear by?

JULIET: Do not swear at all, and listen hard. Are we too rash, too unadvised, too
quick.

ROMEO:No, for this bud of love in summer's breath will prove a beauteous flower
when next we meet.
-I promise.

NURSE: JULIET?

JULIET:Go and good night, and let sweet rest come to your heart and mine within
my breast.

ROMEO:But will you leave me so unsatisfied?

JULIET:What satisfaction would you have tonight?

ROMEO:The exchange of your love’s faithful vow for mine:

JULIET:I gave you mine before you did request it.

NURSE:My Lady!,Juliet!

JULIET:Anon, good Nurse

Sweet Montague, be true.
Stay here a while and I will come again

ROMEO:I'm afraid all this is but a dream. Too flattering sweet to be substantial.

JULIET:Think if your love be pure, your purpose marriage?

ROMEO:It is,my lady

JULIET:Then I send to you to learn my fate, where and what time we will perform
the rite, and all my fortunes at your feet l lay and follow you, my lord, throughout the
world.

NURSE:Juliet!,My lady.

JULIET:A thousand time goodnight.

ROMEO:A thousand times the worse,to miss your light.

JULIET:ROMEO

ROMEO:My love

JULIET:What time shall I send you?

ROMEO:At 9 o’clock

JULIET:I will not fail.'Tis 20 years till then, I have forgot then why I called you
back.

ROMEO:Let me stand here till you remember it.

JULIET: I should forget to have thee still there, remembering how I love thy
company.

ROMEO:And I'll stay to have thee still forget, forgetting any other home but this.

JULIET:Good night, Good night. Parting is such a sweet sorrow. Let us just say
goodnight till it be morrow.

ROMEO:Sleep dwell upon the eyes, peace in thy breast.

NURSE:Oh! Lady, come in.You will catch a chill.

ROMEO:Would I were sleep and peace.So sweet to rest!