Romeo and Juliet-Prologue Too

ROMEO AND JULIET – PROLOGUE TOO The Montagues and Capulets never saw eye-to-eye. A feud so deep, eventually, someone had to die. At loggerheads for decades (no-one remembered the reason) To fraternise together would be an act of treason. They’ve traded insults every time they met upon the street, Biting thumbs at each other, with neither conceding defeat. But, in our play, two offspring, one from either side, Fancy one another and will not be denied. Romeo, a Montague, has hormones running wild And Juliet, a Capulet, at thirteen but a child. They fall in love completely and despite their parent’s abhorrence, They sneak off in the morning to be married by Father Lawrence. They share one night of passion (the law was different back then) But then Romeo was banished so they never did it again. It starts to get complicated now as Juliet takes a potion, To make it seem that she is dead – cue scenes of high emotion. Her lover returns before she awakes and poisons himself in remorse. Then she comes-to and, finding him dead, she kills herself of course. But this is just the prologue to get us under way. If you want to know the full details, you’ll have to watch the play