Romeo

They were Bannister's training companions and pace setters on that occasion, yes.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and the Capulets are powerful families in which Italian city?

Verona.

In fair Verona where we lay our scene.

We talked about the characters.

This is a very interesting, like wicked ass story as you're, you know, like we're taking a story that we know, Romeo and Juliet, and we're flipping the scripts.

We're introducing something new about it.

Um, with the story of what happens if Juliet doesn't give up her life, which is, I mean, I do love the premise as we talked about in the first one.

Yeah.

And so I always think about this show, like I'm going to use baby one more time for this one.

Like she's depressed over Romeo.

She's sad.

And also, of course, you know, unfortunately with the unpalatable beauty standards of the time, an ugly thing compared to a beautiful thing.

So an example of that would be in Romeo and Juliet.

Mercutio is trying to convince Romeo to forget about his crush, Rosalind.

Let's go have fun at this Capulet party.

And you'll see so many beautiful ladies.

Read by Shrimpfish.

Romeo and Juliet.

Once upon a time there lived in Verona two great families named Montague and Capulet.

They were both rich, and I suppose they were as sensible in most things as other rich people, but in one thing they were extremely silly.

And their relations and servants were just as foolish, so that street fights and duels and uncomfortablenesses of that kind were always growing out of the Montague and Capulet quarrel.

Now Lord Capulet, the head of that family, gave a party, a grand supper and a dance, and he was so hospitable that he said anyone might come to it, except, of course, the Montagues.

But there was a young Montague named Romeo who very much wanted to be there because Rosaline, the lady he loved, had been asked.

This lady had never been at all kind to him, and he had no reason to love her.

For revenge is not sweet against an evil man who has failed to do harm.

End of Section 8 section nine of beautiful stories from shakespeare by e nesbit and william shakespeare this librivox recording is in the public domain read by shrimp fish romeo and juliet once upon a time there lived in verona two great families named montagu and capulet they were both rich and i suppose they were as sensible in most things as other rich people but in one thing they were extremely silly there was an old old quarrel between the two families and instead of making it up like reasonable folks they made a sort of pet of their quarrel and would not let it die out so that a montagu wouldn't speak to a capulet if he met one in the street nor a capulet to a montagu or if they did speak it was to say rude and unpleasant things which often ended in a fight and their relations and servants were just as foolish so that street fights and duels and uncomfortablenesses of that kind were always growing out of the montagu and capulet quarrel now lord capulet the head of that family gave a party a grand supper and a dance and he was so hospitable that he said any one might come to it except of course the montagues but there was a young montague named romeo who very much wanted to be there because rosaline the lady he loved had been asked this lady had never been at all kind to him and he had no reason to love her but the fact was that he wanted to love somebody and as he hadn't seen the right lady he was obliged to love the wrong one So to the Capulet's grand party he came, with his friends Mercutio and Benvolio.

Old Capulet welcomed him and his two friends very kindly, and young Romeo moved about among the crowd of courtly folk, dressed in their velvets and satins, the men with jeweled sword-hilts and collars, and the ladies with brilliant gems on breast and arms, and stones of price set in their bright girdles.

romeo was in his best too and though he wore a black mask over his eyes and nose every one could see by his mouth and his hair and the way he held his head that he was twelve times handsomer than any one else in the room presently amid the dancers he saw a lady so beautiful and so lovable that from that moment he never again gave one thought to that rosaline whom he had thought he loved and he looked at this other fair lady as she moved in the dance in her white satin and pearls and all the world seemed vain and worthless to him compared with her and he was saying this or something like it when tybalt lady capulet's nephew hearing his voice knew him to be romeo tybalt being very angry went at once to his uncle and told him how a montagu had come uninvited to the feast but old capulet was too fine a gentleman to be discourteous to any man under his own roof and he bade tybalt be quiet but this young man only waited for a chance to quarrel with romeo in the meantime romeo made his way to the fair lady and told her in sweet words that he loved her and kissed her just then her mother sent for her and then romeo found out that the lady on whom he had set his heart's hopes was juliet the daughter of lord capulet his sworn foe so he went away sorrowing indeed but loving her none the less Then Juliet said to her nurse, "'Who is that gentleman that would not dance?' "'His name is Romeo, and a Montague, the only son of your great enemy,' answered the nurse.

The Juliet went to her room and looked out of her window over the beautiful green-gray garden where the moon was shining, and Romeo was hidden in that garden among the trees, because he could not bear to go right away without trying to see her again.' so she not knowing him to be there spoke her secret thought aloud and told the quiet garden how she loved romeo and romeo heard and was glad beyond measure hidden below he looked up and saw her fair face in the moonlight framed in the blossoming creepers that grew round her window and as he looked and listened he felt as though he had been carried away in a dream and set down by some magician in that beautiful and enchanted garden "'Ah, why are you called Romeo?' said Juliet.

"'Since I love you, what does it matter what you are called?' call me but love and i'll be new baptized henceforth i never will be romeo he cried stepping into the full white moonlight from the shade of the cypresses and oleanders that had hidden him she was frightened at first but when she saw that it was romeo himself and no stranger she too was glad and he standing in the garden below and she leaning from the window they spoke long together each one trying to find the sweetest words in the world to make that pleasant talk that lovers use and the tale of all they said and the sweet music their voices made together is all set down in a golden book where you children may read it for yourselves some day and the time passed so quickly as it does for folk who love each other and are together that when the time came to part it seemed as though they had met but that moment and indeed they hardly knew how to part i will send to you to-morrow said juliet and so at last with lingering and longing they said good-bye juliet went into her room and a dark curtain hid her bright window romeo went away through the still and dewy garden like a man in a dream the next morning very early romeo went to friar laurence a priest and telling him all the story begged him to marry him to juliet without delay and this after some talk the priest consented to do so when juliet sent her old nurse to romeo that day to know what he proposed to do the old woman took back a message that all was well and all things ready for the marriage of juliet and romeo on the next morning the young lovers were afraid to ask their parents consent to their marriage as young people should do because of this foolish old quarrel between the capulets and montagues and friar laurence was willing to help the young lovers secretly because he thought that when they were once married their parents might soon be told and that the match might put a happy end to the old quarrel so the next morning early romeo and juliet were married at friar laurence's cell and parted with tears and kisses and romeo promised to come into the garden that evening and the nurse got ready a rope ladder to let down from the window so that romeo could climb up and talk to his dear wife quietly and alone but that very day a dreadful thing happened Tybalt, the young man who had been so vexed at Romeo's going to the Capulet's feast, met him and his two friends, Mercutio and Benvolio, in the street, called Romeo a villain, and asked him to fight.

Romeo had no wish to fight with Juliet's cousin, but Mercutio drew his sword, and he and Tybalt fought, and Mercutio was killed.

when romeo saw that this friend was dead he forgot everything except anger at the man who had killed him and he and thiebault fought till thiebault fell dead so on the very day of his wedding romeo killed his dear juliet's cousin and was sentenced to be banished poor juliet and her young husband met that night indeed he climbed the rope ladder among the flowers and found her window but their meeting was a sad one and they parted with bitter tears and hearts heavy because they could not know when they should meet again now juliet's father who of course had no idea that she was married wished her to wed a gentleman named paris and was so angry when she refused that she hurried away to ask friar laurence what she should do he advised her to pretend to consent and then he said i will give you a draught that will make you seem