Costume – all the servingmen apart from the head servingman are wearing large chef hats, black checked trousers, white tops and white aprons with a small pouch on the front.
The head servingman is wearing a plain black suit, white shirt and a black tie.
Movement – the head servingman is walking around the kitchen and asking the other servingmen questions. The other three are working. At first there is only the head servingman talking to the second servingman, then the second servingman goes out and the third and fourth servingmen come in.
Lines – the head servingman talks in a very high tone, especially when he asks where Potpan is. The other three reply to him politely because they are scared of him.
Gestures – the head servingman has an angry face and the other three apart from the fourth servingman who pulls a face, smile whilst they are talking to the head servingman.
Direction – the servingmen are talking to each other over the gas, which is in the center of the stage, so the audience can see their side view. When the seringman comes in at the start he is facing directly to the audience asking for Potpan.
Section 2
Set – this scene is set in the main room (living room). There are decorations around the room. The floor is floor boarded and there are portraits around the room also. There is one table that is at the back of the stage, which consists of food and drink. On the right hand side of the stage there are the musicians and of the left hand side there are chairs where Capulet and cousin Capulet are seated.
Actors – in this scene there is only Capulet and cousin Capulet. I decided my Capulet to be Al Pacino because he has quite a long part and Al Pacino would be good for it as he has been one of the main actors in many films. I chose cousin Capulet to be Robert de Niro because he is quite old.
Costume – Capulet and cousin Capulet are both wearing tuxedos, which are white. They are also wearing top hats. Capulet wears a tie but cousin Capulet doesn’t. They are both wearing light coloured shirts.
Movement – Capulet goes round the room and greets everybody but cousin Capulet goes and sits down.
Lines – Capulet says ‘Welcome, gentlemen!’ very cheerfully, but cousin Capulet sounds very grumpy while he says the line ‘Berlady, thirty years’.
Gestures – Capulet goes around to everybody with a smile and cousin Capulet neither has a smile nor looks sad either.
Direction – cousin Capulet faces the audience and Capulet either has his back to the audience when he is greeting the guests or faces side ways to the audience while talking to the ladies about them not dancing and people thinking that they have corns on their feet.
Section 3
Set – it is still in the same setting and in the same room.
Actors – Keanu Reeves who plays Romeo because he has a lot of experience being the main actor. Tybalt is played by Jakie Chan because Tybalt is a fighter and Jakie Chan also does fighting scenes in her films.
Costumes – Romeo is wearing a black tuxedo, with a dark blue shirt and a bow tie. Tybalt is wearing a short skirt, string top and large boots.
Movement – Romeo stands still while talking about Juliet and asks the servingman if he knows who she is but after the servingman replies he goes off the stage and Tybalt comes in.
Lines – Romeo uses a lot of emotion when he says ‘What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight?’ and while he is describing Juliet. Tybalt is very angry when he realises that Romeo is a Montague.
Gestures – Romeo’s face looks like its just lightened up when he sees Juliet and Tybalt’s face has gone red because he is so angry at Romeo as he is a Montague.
Direction – Romeo walks forward to the front of the stage so he is facing directly to the audience when he talks about Juliet, but when he asks if he knows who Juliet is to the servingman he looks at him and walks towards the servingman. When Tybalt recognises Romeo as a Montague he runs towards him while someone goes to get his dagger.
Section 4
Set – still set in the same room.
Actors – still only Capulet and Tybalt.
Costumes – Tybalt and Capulet are still in the same costumes.
Movement – Capulet approaches Tybalt.
Lines – Capulet explains to Tybalt calmly about not doing anything to Romeo, but Tybalt is angry and asks what he doing at the party. He protests and walks off.
Gestures – Tybalt is not very happy and Capulet stands there in thought thinking whether Tybalt will do anything or not.
Direction – Romeo goes and sits down on his own on the seats on the left hand side of the stage where cousin Capulet and Capulet were sitting. Capulet is standing side ways to the audience and Tybalt constantly looks at Romeo while speaking to Capulet.
Section 5
Set – in the hallway where there are a large set of staircase and statues. It is quite dark in the room. The stairs are at the back of the stage and the actors will be in front of them.
Actors – I chose Catherine – Zeta Jones to be Juliet because she is familiar with these kinds of scenes. There is only Romeo and Juliet in this scene.
Costumes – Juliet is wearing a stunning white dress and Romeo is still in his black tuxedo.
Movement – Romeo approaches Juliet. Juliet is standing underneath the staircase, which is in the back right hand corner of the stage. While Romeo says his lines he walks around her, he stops and holds her hands, he strokes her hair and leans forward to kiss her.
Lines – both Romeo and Juliet say their lines in a low soft tone which makes this scene very romantic.
Gestures – they don’t have any particular facial gestures while doing this scene.
Direction – Romeo looks towards the audience occasionally while he walks around Juliet and Juliet just looks towards Romeo whilst he walks around her.
Section 6 Set – the start of this scene is set in the hallway but then moves into a separate room when the nurse drags Juliet away, where it is still dark.
Actors – Kacey Ainsworth who stars as Little Mo in Eastenders plays the nurse’s part. I chose her because she is very chatty like the nurse. Matt le Blanc who stars in the TV series Friends plays Benvolio. I chose him because he is also an actor in the programme, and a very good one too.
Costume – Benvolio is wearing tight pants and a long shirt. He wears green pants and a white top. The nurse is wearing a black slinky dress.
Movements – the nurse runs into the hallway and drags Juliet into another room. Juliet lets go of Romeo’s hands and walks away still looking back at him.
Lines – the nurse says her lines to Juliet urgently and speaks very quickly. Romeo asks the nurse confusingly ‘What is her mother?’ Benvolio says his lines in a high tone.
Gestures – the nurse is disgusted with what she has seen and Romeo is disappointed and sad while he watches Juliet walk away with the nurse.
Direction – the audience only see the side view of Juliet but the nurse and Romeo look at the audience while saying their lines.
Section 7
Set – it is still in the same room where the party is but the actors are in the front right hand corner talking.
Actors – only the nurse and Juliet are in this scene.
Costumes – they are all still in the same costumes.
Movements – the nurse is holding Juliet’s arms and Juliet moves back and starts walking around while talking to the nurse.
Lines – the nurse and Juliet are both angry and speak in a very high tone. When Juliet says ‘Come hither, nurse. What is yond gentlemen?’ she is very curious to find out who he is.
Gestures – Juliet is furious and the nurse tries to calm her down, but then the nurse realises that there is no hope so she, too gets angry.
Direction – the nurse turns to whichever direction Juliet is facing. Juliet walks across the front of the stage as if she is talking to the audience.
