ROMEO AND JULIET Possible Scenes for the Shakespeare Festival November 24, 2015 Centennial Hall 10:45-12:00

Act I Scene 1 Pages 9,11, and 13 Lines 1-73 Sampson, Gregory, Tybalt (Capulet) Abram, Servingman, Benvolio (Montague)

Act I Scene 1 Pages 21,23, and 25 Lines Benvolio and Romeo (discussing Rosaline)

Act I Scene 2 Pages 27 & 29 Lines 1-38 Capulet and Paris (first discussion of the possibility of marriage)

Act I Scene 2 Pages 29, 31, and 33 Lines Peter (Servingman), Benvolio, and Romeo [the invitation to the Capulet feast]

Act I Scene 4 Pages 41, 43, and 45 Lines 1-58 Benvolio, Mercutio, and Romeo (on their way to Capulet feast) [scene stops just before Queen Mab speech]

Act I Scene 5 Pages 53, 55, and 57 Lines Romeo, Tybalt, Capulet (Tybalt overhears Romeo at the feast)

Act II Scene 3 Pages 85, 87, 89, and 91 Lines Friar Lawrence and Romeo (after the balcony scene, Romeo asks F.L. to marry them)

Act II Scene 4 Pages 99, 101, and 103 Lines Romeo, Nurse, Peter (Servingman) [post Mercutio, Romeo tells the Nurse to tell Juliet to come to F.L.’s to be married]

Act II Scene 5 Pages 103, 105, 107, and 109 Lines 1-83 Juliet, Nurse (Nurse returns to Juliet with the news she has been waiting for)

Act III Scene 1 Pages 115, 117, and 119 Lines 1-57 Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt (the beginning of the big fight scene – until Romeo’s entrance)

Act III Scene 1 Pages 119, 121, and 123 Lines Tybalt, Mercutio, Benvolio, Romeo (the fight - Mercutio is stabbed)

Act III Scene 3 Pages 139, 141, 143, and 145 Lines 1-73 Friar Lawrence, Romeo (Romeo hears the news of his banishment as he hides out at F.L.’s) WARNING: scene contains Romeo’s monologue “Tis torture and not mercy”

Act III Scene 4 Pages 153, 155 Lines 1-38 Capulet, Paris, and Lady Capulet (solidifying the marriage plans)

Act III Scene 5 Pages 155, 157, 159, and 161 Lines 1-64 Romeo and Juliet (after consummating their marriage)

Act III Scene 5 Pages 161, 163 Lines Juliet and Lady Capulet (Lady Capulet delivers the news of Juliet’s impending marriage to Paris)

Act III Scene 5 Pages 165, 167, 169, and 171 Lines Capulet, Juliet, Lady Capulet, Nurse (Capulet delivers his ultimatum regarding Juliet marrying Paris)

Act III Scene 5 Pages 171, 173 Lines Juliet and Nurse (Juliet seeks the Nurse’s advice)

Act IV Scene 1 Pages 177, 179, and 181 Lines 1-44 Friar Lawrence, Paris, Juliet (Paris asks a favor from F.L. – Juliet is distraught)

Act IV Scene 1 Pages 181, 183, and 185 Lines Juliet and Friar Lawrence (they make a desperate plan) WARNING: this scene contains F.L.’s monologue in which he spells out the details of the plan

Act V Scene 1 Pages 211, 213, 215, and 217 Lines 1-91 Romeo, Balthasar, Apothecary (Romeo gets mistaken news from Balthasar and buys poison from the Apothecary)

Act V Scene 2 Pages 217, 219 Lines 1-30 Friar Lawrence and Friar John (F.L. discovers that F.J. didn’t deliver the letter)

Act V Scene 3 Pages 223, 225 Lines Paris and Romeo (they fight, Paris dies)