Romeo and Juliet - Directing a Scene.

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David Sinnott

Romeo and Juliet – Directing a Scene

William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in the history of the English language. He was born in the town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. He wrote some of the most well known plays of which one of these is Romeo and Juliet.

The story is set in Verona, Italy, and the main characters are, Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt and Mercutio.

The story is about Rome and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers from two feuding families, the Montague family and the Capulet family who have been fighting on the streets of Verona for many years.

At the start of the story Romeo has a crush on Rosaline who does not return love to Romeo. The Capulet family hold a party of which Rome attends un-invited. It is this party where Romeo and Juliet meet.

After the party Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, sees Romeo and challenges him to a duel, Rome and his friends accept. Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, and Romeo kills Tybalt. The prince of Verona banishes Romeo. Juliet plans to spend the night with Rome before he is sent away. Romeo and Juliet are married in Friar Laurence’s church but Juliet’s father has already arranged her marriage to a local nobleman Paris.

Juliet and the local Friar make a cunning plan to prevent Juliet from marrying Paris. Juliet takes a drug that makes her seem to be dead for forty-eight hours. Juliet’s nurse finds Juliet and thinking she is dead she alerts the Capulet house. Juliet’s funeral is staged. Rome finds out about Juliet's death and sets out to kill himself by her side in the Capulet tomb, as he has no idea about the plans she has made. Romeo goes to the Capulet tomb where he meets Paris, Rome kills Paris. Rome takes a poison and dies in the tomb. Juliet awakes finding Romeo is dead and kills herself. The alarm is raised. The two families end their long feud and statues are raised in Romeo and Juliet's memory.

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I was set the task of directing Act 3 Scene 5 of Rome and Juliet and I have approached this by picking out the most important lines and telling how I would light, stage, and direct them.

The scene is set in the bedroom of Juliet on the bottom floor of the Capulet house. The house would be set on the highest point in Verona overlooking the city. The moonlight just blending in with the sunlight at dawn the lights of the bustling Verona City will all be extinguishing to start a new day. The view from Juliet's ...

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