Read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. W. Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet": description, heroes of the work. Symbol of eternal love

Characters Escalus, Prince of Verona. Count Paris, a young man, a relative of the prince. Montagues - Capulets - heads of two warring houses. Uncle Capulet. Romeo, son of Montague. Mercutio, relative of the prince, friend of Romeo. Benvolio, Montague's nephew, Romeo's friend. Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet. Brother Lorenzo) Brother Giovanni) Franciscan friars. Balthasar, Romeo's servant. Samson) Gregorio) Capulet's servant. Peter, servant of the nurse. Abram, servant of the Montagues. Apothecary. Three musicians. Page of Paris. First citizen. Lady Montague, Capulet's wife. Juliet, daughter of the Capulets. Juliet's Nurse. Citizens of Verona, male and female relatives of both houses, mummers, guards, servants. Chorus. Location - Verona and Mantua. PROLOGUE The choir enters. Chorus Two equally respected families In Verona, where events meet us, They fight internecine battles And do not want to stop the bloodshed. The children of the ringleaders love each other, But fate arranges intrigues for them, And their death at the coffin doors Puts an end to irreconcilable hatred. Their life, love and death, and, moreover, the Peace of their parents on their grave For two hours will constitute the being Played out before you were. Have mercy on the weaknesses of the pen - The game will try to smooth them out. ACT I Scene 1 Verona. Square. Enter Samson and Gregorio, servants of the Capulets, with swords and shields. Samson Gregorio, an agreement: do not be ashamed in front of them. GREGORIO What are you! Vice versa. Whoever I meet, I myself will shame. Samson Let's give them a bath! Gregorio Himself would get away with it. SAMSON I'm quick on hand, as I boil. GREGORIO Boiling you is not a quick matter. Samson At the sight of Montague mongrels, I boil like boiling water. GREGORIO Boil - go away. Boil - and run away like milk. And the brave will rest - do not move. SAMSON Before the mongrels from the house of Montecchi, I will resist - do not move. I will grind everyone into powder: both young men and girls. GREGORIO What a hurricane! SAMSON One and all. Well done to the side, and the girls in the corners and in the gap. GREGORIO A quarrel between the masters and among the male servants. SAMSON Whatever. I'll get along with the male, I'll take on the female. I will show everyone my strength. GREGORIO And the poor girls? SAMSON While there is enough urine, and girls. I, thank God, a piece of meat is not small. GREGORIO It is well that you are not a fish, otherwise you would be a salt cod. Quick, where is your sword? There are two Montagues. Samson Done, the sword is drawn. Take them down. I will not leave you. GREGORIO What's the talk? How! Get scared and show your heels? Samson Don't worry about me. GREGORIO There is someone to worry about! SAMSON Let's get them out of ourselves. If they start a fight first, the law will be on our side. GREGORIO I'll make an angry face when I pass by. Let's see what they do. SAMSON I'll bite my fingernail at their address. They will be disgraced if they remain silent. Enter Abram and Balthazar. Abram Are you biting your nails at our expense, sir? SAMSON Nail-biting, sir. Abram Are you biting your nails at our expense, sir? SAMSON (in an undertone to Gregorio) If this is confirmed, is the law on our side? GREGORIO (in an undertone to Samson) No way. SAMSON No, I'm not biting my nails at your expense, sir. And I bite, I say, a nail, sir. GREGORIO Are you getting into a fight, sir? Abram Me, sir? No sir. Samson If you stuff yourself, I'm at your service. I live with gentlemen no worse than yours. Abram But not the best either. GREGORIO (aside, to Samson, noticing Tybalt in the distance) Speak to the best. There is one of the master's relatives. Samson The best, sir. Abraham You are lying! Enter Benvolio. SAMSON Fight if you are men! Gregorio, show them your good kick. They fight. BENVOLIO Weapons away - and instantly in places! You don't know what you're doing, fools. (Knocks their swords out of their hands.) Tybalt enters. TYBALT How did you get into a fight with this man? Here is your death - turn around, Benvolio! Benvolio I want to reconcile them. Put your sword in, Or let's separate them together. Tybalt I hate the world and the word "peace" How hate you and all the Montagues. Stop, you coward! They fight. Members of both houses enter and join the fighting; then the townspeople with clubs and halberds. First Citizen Here with clubs and stakes! Loopy! Down with the Montagues and the Capulets! Enter CAPULET in robe and LADY CAPULET. CAPULET What's the noise? Where is my battle sword? LADY CAPULET A crutch to him! The sword was missing! CAPULET Give me a sword! Montecchi - in the yard And he raised his weapon on me. Enter Montague and Lady Montague. Montagues You, Capulet, are a rogue! Let go, wife! Lady Montecchi The prince enters with his retinue. Prince Traitors, killers of silence, Contaminating iron with brotherly blood! Not people, but the likeness of animals, Extinguishing the fire of deadly discord With jets of red liquid from the veins! Who am I talking to? Under fear of torture Throw down swords from inglorious hands And listen to the prince's will. Three times, under the influence of absurd words, both of you, the Capulets and the Montagues, have disturbed the peace of the streets with massacres. Having taken off their robes, the advisers of Verona Clutched three times in senile hands From dilapidation blunt halberds, Solving the lawsuit of decrepit antiquity. And if you ever collide again, You will pay me with your life for everything. This time let the people disperse. You, Capulet, follow me, And I'm waiting for you, Montecchi, in Villafranca On business during the day. So, on pain of death, disperse! Exeunt all except Montague, Lady Montague, and Benvolio. Montecchi Who started this dispute again? Tell me, nephew, were you there? Benvolio I have already caught our servants with the servants of the enemy in the midst of hand-to-hand combat. As soon as I began to separate them, when suddenly Furious Tybalt ran in with a sword And began to wave it over his head. He challenged me to a fight, and the wind mockingly whistled at him in response. While we alternated blows, With a crowd of people who ran to the call, The prince appeared and separated the fighters. Lady Montecchi Where's Romeo? Did you see him? Was he not here? Is he really unharmed? BENVOLIO Madame, an hour before the sun lit the window of the east with gold, I went for a walk in anxiety. Crossing the sycamore grove, At the western gate I came across Your son. He was walking there at such an early hour. I followed after. Recognizing me, he hid in the depths, And since he was looking for solitude, I left him alone. Montecchi He was often seen there in the morning. He wanders and the dewy steam of the meadows Multiplies in pairs of tears and a haze of sighs. However, as soon as the sun opens The bed curtain in Aurora's bedroom, My son trudges sullenly home, Throws himself into his secret corner And with curtains in broad daylight Starts an artificial midnight in it. Where does this unrelenting darkness come from? I want to understand and I don't understand. BENVOLIO Do you know the reason, dear uncle? Montecchi I do not know and cannot find out. Benvolio Did you ask him questions? Montecchi How! Me and best friends. But he is impervious to questioning And just as protected from everywhere, Like a worm bitten kidney, Which will not kick out a leaf And will not open the core to the sun. Are you asking if I know the reason? If I knew the essence of this sorrow, I would heal the patient with something. Romeo enters. Benvolio Here he is. You are here by chance. See, I'll get to the mystery. Montague Let's go wife. Let's leave them together, Like a confessor with a confessor. Exeunt Montague and Lady Montague. Benvolio Romeo, good morning! Romeo Is it morning? Benvolio Tenth hour. Romeo How long is the hour of anguish! What is it, my father has not retired? Benvolio Yes, your father. What anguish does your watch, Romeo, lengthen? Romeo Tosca about who could cut them. Benvolio Do you yearn for love? Romeo No. Benvolio Do you love? Romeo Yes, and yearning for love. BENVOLIO Oh, this gentle-looking love As if evil, relentless! Romeo How at once, in spite of blindness, Finds a vulnerable heel! - Where will we have lunch? - How much blood! Don't talk about the dump. I heard. And hatred is painful and tenderness. And hatred and tenderness - the same ardor of the Blind, forces that have arisen from nothing, Empty burden, heavy fun, Discordant collection of slender forms, Cold heat, deadly health, Sleepless sleep, which is deeper than sleep. Here is what, and worse than ice and stone, My love, which is heavy on me. Are you not laughing? BENVOLIO No, I rather weep. Romeo What, my friend? Benvolio In response to your tears. Romeo What evil do we do with kindness! I've had enough of my own anguish, And you hurt me with your participation. With your worries about me, you doubly poisoned my sadness. What is love? Crazy madness. Playing with fire leading to a fire. Inflamed sea of ​​tears, Reflection - thoughtlessness for the sake of, A mixture of poison and antidote. Farewell, friend. BENVOLIO Wait, you're too fast. I'll go too, but let's finish the conversation. Romeo I've lost myself and I'm not here. Romeo is gone, Romeo will not be found. Benvolio No, tell me not jokingly: whom do you love? Romeo Have there been jokes up to now? Benvolio Of course not. But who is she, no joke? Romeo Tell the sick man by his bed That it's time to die in earnest. She's a real woman, mate. BENVOLIO I knew it, and I strike not on the brow, but on the eye. Romeo A dashing shooter, but the maiden is not about us. Benvolio The better the aim, the better we aim. ROMEO These words are inapplicable here. She has the soul of Diana, Cupid Is not afraid of a virgin and is ridiculous. She will not surrender to the sweetness of her eyes, Not for any golden mountains. Beauty, she will take her world of beauty Untouched to the grave. BENVOLIO What, has she taken a vow of celibacy? Romeo Alas, she gave and will cope with the task. From this virgin and her post Will remain in the offspring of emptiness. She is such a strict saint, That I have no hopes for happiness, She lives in righteousness, but I'm finished: I'm not a tenant in the world, I'm a dead man. BENVOLIO I advise you to give up your thoughts on her. ROMEO So tell me how to stop thinking. Benvolio Give free rein and space to your eyes - Admire others. ROMEO It's a way to recognize her for the greater perfection. In the slits of black masks with greater force The faces of women sparkle with whiteness. The Blind One forever remembers the jewel of Lost Sight. And in the features of Beauties I will read a reminder About the one who is without comparison the best. Oblivion, however, I have not learned. BENVOLIO I'll teach you how you hold on. They leave. Scene 2 Street. Enter CAPULET, PARIS, and Servant. The Capulets Montagues and I were fined. Would it be difficult to live in harmony? Paris Yes, it's strange. Two venerable elders - And for some reason, always on knives. However, you did not give me an answer. CAPULET I repeat what I have already said: My daughter is still a child, She is not yet fourteen years old. Wait two more years, And we will declare our daughter a bride. PARIS Marry younger than she. Capulet But this early maturity is harmful. My hopes were devoured by the grave, And the sky only saved my daughter. Face her, dear Paris, - That's all we need to get along. Find out in advance her desires, And I bless you in advance. Tonight we have a reception - We set the annual holiday. There will be a lot of people here. We will be glad to see you. You will get to a rich congress, Like the stars of the night, shining brides And you will witness the fun, Like the flood of waters in April, When you are surrounded by their round dance And you find yourself among the beauties, You decide which one struck your Imagination with greater force. Without the right to such praise, the Daughter will also be at the ball at night. Come on, Count. (To the servant, giving him a note.) And you, low swindler, Go around all the invitees according to the list. Tell the guests whose name is here, That the entrance to us is wide open for them. Exeunt Capulet and Paris. Servant. "Go through the list, go through the list!" And who will understand this list? Or maybe it says here that the work of a shoemaker is arshin, and the work of a tailor is a block. "Go through the list"! Or maybe it says here that fish are caught with a brush, and roofs are painted with nets. "Tell the guests whose name is here"! Can you tell me whose name is here? For this there are those who can. Yes, here they are! Lightweight. Enter Benvolio and Romeo. BENVOLIO Be quiet, my friend. Fire is met with fire, Trouble is treated with misfortune and ailment, Spinning back stops spinning, And you argue with misfortune in the same way. Try to grab a new infection, And the old one will not be remembered even once. ROMEO The plantain is also good. BENVOLIO Why, my friend? Romeo With a broken leg. Benvolio Are you crazy? Romeo No, not at all crazy, But chained like a crazy man, Tormented and in a straitjacket. Servant Hello, sir. Are you a master of reading? Romeo Oh yes! Your lot in the warehouses of misfortune. Servant Thank you for your frankness. And we need, which are written. Romeo Where are you? I was kidding. Let me read. (Reads.) "Call Signor Martino with his wife and daughters; Count Anselmo with his beautiful sisters; Dowager Madame Vitruvio; Signor Placenzo and his dear nieces; Mercutio with his brother Valentine; Uncle Capuleti with his wife and daughters; lovely niece Rosalina; Livia; signora Valenzio with his brother Tybalt; Lucio and his frisky Elena. Great choice! Where are they waiting for? Servant Out to that end. Romeo Where? Servant To our house for supper. ROMEO Whose house? Servant Master's house. Romeo That's all I should have asked you first. Servant I'll tell you myself. My master is the rich Capulet. Maybe you have heard? If you're not related to the Montagues, come join us for a drink. (Exit.) BENVOLIO The Capulets, besides Rosaline, your sweetheart, will have at the ball the most prominent beauties of Verona. Let's go there. When you compare them With your hen unprejudiced, She will seem like a crow to you. Romeo Oh, if you are such sacrilegious pupils of my God-apostating eyes, Let your tears turn into flames And you will burn like heretics! Has God offended me with my eyesight, so that I won't see the sun in the sky? BENVOLIO But thou hast never put the sun of this beauty on the scales. Take a look around at those that come nearer, And you are unlikely to sing the same thing. Perhaps your only diamond Will be plain glass on the eye. Romeo Let's go to the ball, but not to the review of the assembly, But for the sake of one who is beyond description. They leave. Scene 3 A room in the Capulet house. Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse. LADY CAPULET Nurse, quick: where is Juliet? NURSE I swear by my former innocence, I called. Juliet, where are you? What a fidget! Where did my yarochka go? Enter Juliet. Juliet Well, what else? Nurse Your mother is calling you. Juliet I'm here. What do you want, mother? Lady Capulet Now. Nurse, come out for a minute, we'll talk. However, wait, do not go away, you better listen. My daughter has grown up a lot. NURSE Have mercy, I'll count her summer to an hour. Lady Capulet She is not fourteen years old. Nurse I will pawn my fourteen teeth, although there are only four of them, that there are none. How long until Peter's day? LADY CAPULET More than two weeks. Nurse With or without excess, not a dispute about this, but fourteen blowjobs for her on St. Peter's Day, I tell you right. She and Susanna - God rest her! - were peers. But I was not worth it, and the Lord took it away. And she was fourteen blowjob on St. Peter's day, you do not doubt it, I remember it well. This shaking of the earth, you now count, is a full eleven years old. And in the midst of the turmoil, as I remember now, I excommunicated her. I rubbed my nipples with wormwood and sat by the dovecote in the sun. You and their mercy were in Mantua, well, tell me, what a memory! She had enough, dear, from the nipple of wormwood and rolled - God forbid! At that very moment, the dovecote in front of me was somersaulting, and, of course, I was out of there, God forbid. And this case is now a full eleven years old. She was already on her feet then - but what am I, on her legs! - she was already running and walking, by God, really, the true Lord! Now I'll tell you, she hurt her forehead at that time. And here is my husband ... God rest his soul, he was a terrible joker! .. he took the child in his arms and said: “Face, says Dzhulinka, it’s not good to fall. You will grow up, you will, he says, strive to fall on your back. - is talking. And what do you think? Wiped my baby tears and answers him: "Yes." You think what a laugh! I will live a thousand years and never forget. "Will you, he says, on your back, Dzhulinka?" And she, as if nothing had happened, answers him: "Yes." LADY CAPULET Enough talk! Shut up please! NURSE I hear you, ma'am. But tell me, isn't it hilarious? She calmed down in a minute and, without hesitation, answered him "yes", but the bump was a hefty one, the size of a pigeon's egg, and she cried with burning tears. "Face, he says, it's not good to fall. You will grow up, you will, he says, on your back? Will you?" - is talking. And this baby answers him "yes" and calmed down at once. Juliet Calm down, Nurse, and you. Nurse Yes, I won't do it again. Of my pets, you were the prettiest. If only I could live to see your wedding, that would be a joy! Lady Capulet Before the wedding? And it's about the wedding. Then she came. Tell me, Juliet, how would you feel about marriage? Juliet I did not think of this honor. NURSE About this honor? You think! It’s a pity, I’m your nurse, otherwise one could say that you sucked your mind with milk. LADY CAPULET Think about it. Younger than you, Become mothers in Verona, And I gave birth to you before. So, while in a hurry and briefly: Paris has wooed us for you. Nurse Well, this, my young lady, is a man of glory! Such a man that you will travel around the whole world - you will not find a better one. Not a person, but a picture. Lady Capulet A flower such as Verona never saw. Nurse Flower, no word. There is no word, a flower. Lady Capulet What do you say? Does he like you? Today at the ball you will study it. Read, as in a book, hints of affection and charm on his face. Compare his features, like letters, Measure what depth is in each, And if anything remains in the fog, Look for an interpretation in the eyes of everything. That's where you full of bliss, And the cover is just missing. Like a fish - deep, with the same strength The picture requires a beautiful frame, And the golden content of books Needs gold clasps, Just like you, thinking about your husband, You will not become smaller or worse. Nurse Don't get smaller! More, sir, more. Women get fat from men. LADY CAPULET Well, will you take care of his special? Juliet I don't know yet. We need to make a test. But this is only for you. I'm only following your orders. Servant enters. Servant Madam, the guests have come, the food is served, they call you, they won’t call you, everyone asks the young lady, in the pantry, what is the light on, they scold the nurse, and everything is upside down. I'll run to the guests. Do me a favor, please immediately. LADY CAPULET Let's go. The servant leaves. Hurry, Juliet! The Count is there. Nurse Good nights in addition to good days! They leave. Scene 4 Street. Enter Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio with five or six mummers, torchbearers, and a boy with a drum. ROMEO Shall we read the greeting in verse Or enter without further preamble? BENVOLIO No, that is not the way of the day. We can do without Cupid With a woolen bandage over his eyes, With a Tartar bow made of lint shingles, Who was so ridiculous in appearance, That the ladies were more terrible than crows' scarecrows. We won't have to torment anyone with Impromptu with the help of a prompter. We will not dance to their tune, but we will dance to our own and retire. Romeo Then give me the torch. I'm upset And not a dancer. I will be a torchbearer. Mercutio Romeo, no, you can't get away from dancing. Romeo Fire me. You are in light ballroom shoes, And I am crushed by gravity to the ground. MERCUTIO You're in love, so wave your wings more resolutely and tear yourself away. Romeo He nailed me through with an arrow. I am wounded so that the wings do not carry. Under the burden of love, I buckle. Mercutio Fall down, do not crush her: she is tender for your fall. Romeo Is love tender? She is rude and evil. And it pricks and burns like a thorn. MERCUTIO And if so, be cruel to her too, Burn and burn, and you will be even. But it's time to wear a mask. Well, that's all, and on the face of the mask. Now let them tell me what they know: I am a mummer, let the mask blush. BENVOLIO Knock at the door, and as soon as we enter - All dance, and move your feet. Romeo Give me the torch. Let the fools dance. The rugs were not made for me. Well, I'm with a candle, as the grandfathers said, I'll watch the game from behind my shoulders, Although it seems it's not worth the candle. Mercutio Ah, torch-bearer, with your ardent love you are tired, like a fumes of a smoke-house! Knock on the door, so as not to rot alive. We burn fire during the day, as they say. ROMEO It's a good idea to go out to visit, But the lawsuit is good. Mercutio What, if I may ask? Romeo I had a dream. MERCUTIO Imagine, and I. Romeo What did you see? Mercutio That dreams are nonsense. ROMEO And I never made a mistake about them. Mercutio All queen Mab. Her pranks. She is the ancestor of the fairies, And in size - the size of an agate stone In the mayor's ring. At night, she rides on a gear of dust particles in a train along our noses while we sleep. In the wheels - spokes from spider legs, Carriage top - from the wings of locusts, Straps of tugs - from cobweb threads, And clamps - from dew drops. A whip of foam is wound on the bone of a cricket, A mosquito on a goat is as tall as a worm, Of those that, from sleepy laziness, Start up in the nails of craftswomen. Her wagon is an empty hazelnut. This carriage was made for her. Fairy Carriages - a beetle and a squirrel. It crosses at night The brains of lovers who dream of tenderness The humps of nobles who dream of the court The mustaches of judges who dream of bribes, And the lips of maidens who dream of passion. Minx Mab covers them with a rash For being greedy for sweet pies. Litigation will roll up to the bridge of his nose, And he will smell the aroma of litigation. A bristle under the nostril will tickle The pastor, and he will see a dream About the profitability of the new parish. With a run, he will rush for the Soldier's collar, and in his dream he will dream of Battles, Spanish knives, And spells in two buckets, and drums. In fright, he jumps up from sleep And crosses himself, trembling, and falls asleep. All this is the trickery of Queen Mab. She braids her manes in the stables And knocks her hair down with a tangle, Which is unsafe to unravel. Under it, the girls groan in their sleep, Preparing for motherhood in advance. This Mab... Romeo Mercutio, shut up. You are empty. Mercutio Speaking of dreams. They are the fruits of a loafer-dream And a sleeping idle consciousness. Their substance is like air, and the leaps are like explosions of the wind, roaming blindly Now to the north, then from north to south In a surge of caress and a fit of anger. BENVOLIO Wouldn't this wind of yours chill our supper while we foolishly linger. ROMEO We do not foolishly tarry, but we are in no hurry. I do not expect good. Something unknown, What is still hidden in the darkness, But will be born from this ball, Untimely shorten my life Due to some terrible circumstances. But the one who guides my ship has already set sail. Lord, come in! Benvolio Beat the drum! They leave. Scene 5 A room in the Capulet's house. Musicians. Servants with napkins. FIRST SERVANT Where is Anton Soteyshchik? Why doesn't it help clean up? So it sticks to the leftovers! So it carries the language! SECOND SERVANT It's bad business when all the work is on one or two, and even those hands are unwashed. FIRST SERVANT Carved armchairs out, slides with dishes - to the wall. Watch out for the silver. Hide me, my dear, a piece of marzipan and, if you love me, warn me downstairs at the entrance to let Nadezhda Nazhduchnitsa and Nellie through. Anton Soteyshchik! Third Servant Here I am. What is the cry? FIRST SERVANT In the big room you are called, called, demanded, and I don't know how to say it. Third Servant You won't be in time everywhere, you won't be torn in two. Have fun, guys! You live longer, you earn more. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, JULIET, and TYBALT WITH HOUSEHOLDS to greet guests and disguised CAPULET Greetings, ladies and gentlemen! Ladies without corns We have enough work until the morning. What do you say, beauties? Which one will not dance after that? Now we suspect that corns. You see, we have you in our hands. Hi gentlemen! Ladies, there was a time, And I whispered confessions in my ear. That time has passed, passed... Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio and others. Hello friends! Play musicians! All out of the way! Dancers, ladies - in a circle! Music. The guests are dancing. More light ! Move your chairs! Pour the heat in the fireplace: stuffiness. (To Uncle Capulet.) You look at the dances and you understand. No, what are you, sit down, where can we dance! When, tell me, Uncle Capulet, We danced in masks for the last time? Uncle Capulet Yes, thirty years ago, I think. CAPULET Oh no, not so long ago, not so long ago! How many years has Lucenzo been married? No more than twenty-five. We danced at his wedding. Uncle Capulet No, their son is thirty-something years old. CAPULET He's only been out of custody for a year. Romeo (to a servant from his company) Who is this young lady with whom this gentleman stood in a row? Servant I don't know, sir. ROMEO Her torchlight eclipsed her. She, like a bright beryl In the ears of a black-haired woman, is too bright For a world of ugliness and evil. Like a dove among a flock of crows, I immediately distinguish her in the crowd. I'll go to her and take a look. Have I ever loved before? Oh no, those were false goddesses. I did not know the true beauty until now. Tybalt It seemed to me that the voice was Montecchi. Boy, sword! This scoundrel Dared to make his way to us under the mask In mockery of the family celebration! Well, we have enough resourcefulness. He will pay me with his life for this step. CAPULET My dear, why did you shout? Tybalt We've got the Montagues! How did he get in to us? Bursting into us, not looking at anything, To disgrace us at the masquerade! Capulet Are you talking about Romeo? Tybalt On Poor Romeo. CAPULET Come to your senses. What did you do to him? He holds himself as he should, and in Verona is unanimously recognized, they say, An example of true nobility. For all the riches of the world, I will not let Someone among us offend him. Leave him, that's my order to you. And if I mean something to you, Cheer up and don't frown anymore. Away, this puffiness is inappropriate. Tybalt No, to the place, if the extra ones are away. I won't take it... Capulets You will take it down when ordered! You heard? What! He won't take it! He won't take it! Not me, but he is the owner! He won't take it! He told me, look, In my living room, society will rebel! He's in charge here! He is everything! He is a horseman! Tybalt But, uncle, this is shameful. Capulet No talking! Calm down! (To the guests.) So, so. Can not be! (To Tybalt) He will give me more advice! (To the guests.) It can't be! (To Tybalt.) You are an ignoramus and a rowdy! Learn manners. (to the servants) Light, more light! (To Tybalt.) If you don't want good, I'll teach you by force. (To the guests.) What kind of confusion? More friendly, dear! TYBALT Go away, conquering anger with humility? Well, I'll leave. But your uninvited guest, Who cannot be disturbed, Will cost you a lot of blood! (Exits.) ROMEO (dressed as a monk, to Juliet) I touched your hands with a rough hand. In order to wash away blasphemy, I make a vow: To the saint's lips pilgrimage And kiss the trace of sacrilege. Juliet Holy father, shaking hands is legal. Shaking hands is a natural hello. Pilgrims bow to shrines. There is no need to apply. Romeo But are lips given to us for something? Juliet Holy Father, send up prayers. ROMEO So here's a prayer: give us a job. Incline your ears to me, holy mother. Juliet I will bow my ears, but I will not move. Romeo Don't bend down, I'll get it myself. (He kisses her.) Now all the sin has been removed from my lips. Juliet But mine were covered with it for the first time. Romeo Then give it back to me. Juliet My friend, where did you learn to kiss? Nurse Your mother calls you in two words. Juliet leaves. Romeo Who is she? Nurse Where are you yourself? She is the head of the family, the mistress of the house. I was in mothers here and my daughter came out. You were with her now. Remember: Whoever marries her will take a Good jackpot. Romeo Is that the Capulet? I'm in the hands of the enemy and caught in the net! Benvolio Farewell. I see the joke worked. Romeo And even too much this time. CAPULET Oh no, where are you, gentlemen, so early? There are servants with refreshments. You can not? Are you in a hurry? Well, thank you. Farewell. Good way. Shine on them! And I'm on the side. Oh shit, it's really late! Time for bed. Exeunt Capulet and others. Juliet Nurse, listen: Who is this guest at the exit in the corner? Nurse The son and heir of old Tiberyu. Benvolio exits. Juliet And this one standing at the door? NURSE And this, it seems, is Petruchio, the youngest. Mercutio leaves. Juliet And the one who came up to him And did not want to dance? Romeo leaves. Nurse I don't know. Juliet Go find out. The nurse retires to the dispersed. If he is married, Let them cut the shroud for my wedding. NURSE (returning) His name is Romeo. He is the Montecchi, the son of your sworn enemy. Juliet I am the embodiment of the hated power Inopportunely out of ignorance I fell in love! What the times can promise me When am I so passionate about the enemy? Nurse What are you muttering? Juliet So, poetry, empty. At a dance in the park, someone suggested. LADY CAPULET (offstage) Juliet! Nurse We hear, we hear! I know I know! Everyone dispersed. Let's go, dear. They leave. The choir enters. Chorus Former passion lies on its deathbed, And a new one has come to replace it. And the former Romeo is dearer than all Before Juliet is no longer sweet. Although their love is more invincible, They are still separated. The primordial enmity of families between them Tore apart an abyss of terrible depth. In her family, the Montagues are hated, In the eyes of relatives, Romeo is not a fiancé. When and where will she see him And how will she save them from their hatred? But passion teaches them to conquer suffering And finds a way for them to rendezvous. Choir leaves.

Shakespeare's most poppy work. Everyone needs to know its content so as not to look uneducated. I communicate with people: there it seems that someone killed someone or themselves ... Yes! Themselves. But why? Under what circumstances? If you don't have time to read the whole play, watch this video. In it, I briefly retell its content. Those. after watching this short story, you will know as much about the book as the person who read it. Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is on the agenda today. Shakespeare wrote this tragedy a long time ago - at the end of the 16th century - 400 years ago. Based on stories written by various authors about the death of two Verona lovers with the same names. So. Medieval Italy. The cities of Verona and Mantua in northern Italy. Between them 44 km. There are two influential families - the Montagues and the Capulets. They are at odds. And for a very long time. More like habit. Who started this enmity and when - no one remembers. But tradition is a stubborn thing. They feud ... and the point. Moreover, even servants from these two families are also at odds with each other. So at the very beginning of the play, they had a fight in the city square of Verona. Benvolio (from the Montecchi family) and Tybalt (Capulets) came to this fight and also began to fight with swords. The local duke appears and orders everyone to disperse under pain of death. Everyone disperses. Romeo appears and communicates with cousin Benvolio. Romeo tells that he suffers from love for the girl Rosalina. Benvolio comforts him a little. The head of the Capulet family tells the young Count Paris that in 2 years, as soon as his daughter Juliet turns 15, he will marry her to him. In the meantime, he says, come to the party that I'm organizing tonight. Capulet gives his servant a list of guests to invite to the party. The servant is "overjoyed" - what should he do with this list if he cannot read? Although it is not clear who prevented him from telling the owner about this. Well, God bless him. The servant goes outside hoping to meet someone who can read and sees Benvolio with Romeo. - Sirs, can you read? Please read. Romeo took the list in his hands. - And where is everyone invited? - To a party with my master. If you're not from Montague, come along. Benvolio trolls Romeo: “Go, go to the party. Your love Rosalina will be there. Compare her with other Verona beauties - maybe you will fall in love with someone else! Romeo replies that he will not go to see other girls, but to enjoy his Rosaline. Juliet's mother, Juliet and her nurse are talking. Juliet is almost 14 years old. The only child in the family. Mother says it's time to marry you, dear. After all, when I was your age, I was your mother for a long time! Romeo (by the way, he is 2 years older than Juliet, i.e. he is 16 years old) with his friends Benvolio and Mercutio in masks, so that they would not be recognized, come to the Capulet party. But Tybalt (Capuleti's nephew) recognizes Romeo's voice and wants to fight. Capulet himself tells him that only good words go about Romeo in Verona. Therefore, do not go to him - let the guy have fun. Meanwhile, Romeo saw Juliet. Previous love - Rosalina - instantly ceased to exist. They chatted for a bit and kissed goodbye. That's how fast it is! And when Juliet ran away, he found out that she was the daughter of Capulet (the enemy of his family). "Here's a damn thing," thought Romeo. Juliet didn't waste any time either. She asked the nurse who the guy was. She found out and said: "Romeo is the son of Montague." "Damn it," thought Juliet. When the party was over and everyone had left, Romeo jumped over the fence and went to Juliet's room. He understood that if he was caught there, he would certainly be killed. Juliet from the window spoke aloud to herself about her love for Romeo. He heard and said that he was here. God, how fast they are! - I love you! - And I love you! - Tomorrow at 9 am I will send a man to you, tell him where and when we will get married. - Good! Even before dawn, Romeo came to the priest brother Lorenzo. He says: - Marry us today! - You and Rosalina? - Not. With Juliet, Capulet's daughter! - Yo-mayo! But what about Rosalina, whom you loved? - I don't love Rosaline anymore, I love Juliet. I want to marry. - M-yes... Youth... In the morning the nurse finds Romeo to find out the necessary information. Romeo tells Juliet to come to Lorenzo's brother in the evening. He first confesses it, and then he marries them. In the evening Juliet came to church. Romeo and the priest were already waiting for her. They got married and ran away. An hour (!) After the wedding, Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio met Tybalt with his friends. Provocation, fight. Romeo tried to stop it. After all, Tybalt had become his relative an hour ago. But... Tybalt wounds Mercutio and runs away. The wound was severe. Mercutio is dying. Tybalt returns. Then Romeo grabs a sword and in a fight kills Tybalt. After that, fearing the wrath of the Duke of Verona, Romeo runs away. Citizens gather around the dead, the Montagues, the Capulets, the Duke. The duke decides to expel Romeo from the city for the murder. The Nurse tells Juliet that her new husband killed her cousin Tybalt. And Romeo himself was expelled from the city. At first, the girl is outraged by Romeo's act, but then she thinks that if he had not killed Tybalt, Tybalt would have killed him. But - which is strange. She talks so bitterly about being expelled from the city, as if it were tantamount to death. Probably something I don't know. In my understanding - well, they were expelled: I will go to another city, so what? And she is killed because of it. If anyone knows what the catch is - write in the comments. Juliet tells the nurse that she wanted to have sex with him tonight, but he was expelled. How to be now? - I'll bring you your Romeo. I know where he is hiding. You get fucked up more. 13 years old! Kick!!! Lorenzo's brother informs Romeo of the duke's verdict. - You were expelled from Verona! - Oh no! Better death! - You are a dunce! You were only expelled from Verona, and the world is big. - Not. Verona is my world. You idiot, Lorenzo thinks. The nurse comes: - Where is this happiness? - Yes, out - lying on the floor in snot! - Mine is the same! Lorenzo says to Romeo: - Are you a woman or a man? Get a hold of yourself! You should rejoice. Tybalt didn't kill you, you killed him. The duke did not sentence you to death, but to exile. You will go to Mantua (it is 44 km from Verona). You will wait there. Let the families know you're married. They'll go crazy. Let's ask the duke's forgiveness and everything will be in chocolate. We will keep in touch through a servant. The nurse already went crazy: - God, how smart you are, Lorenzo! Juliet's father promises Count Paris that he will marry his daughter on Thursday. Still mourning in the family. Because if today is Monday, then at least until Thursday you have to wait. Romeo came to Juliet at night. The author does not write anything about this, but it is clear that they did not play chess. In the morning Romeo left. This was their last meeting when both were in good health. Mother comes to Juliet's room: - Are you grieving for your brother? - Yeah! - Nothing. I have a friend in Mantua who will poison Romeo. But I have even cooler news for you! - Yes? Which? - You will marry Paris on Thursday! - Yes, what a joy. When the father found out that Juliet did not want Paris, he began to tear the hair on his ass. Listen to how he communicated with his daughter: - Recalcitrant creature! Your birth is a curse for us. If you don't follow Paris, get out of the house! Go to hell! Though begging, die under the fence! The mother says, "You are not my daughter." Well, parents! Or a translator. Juliet asks for support from her nurse. She replies that Paris is a cool groom. Romeo is a kitchen rag compared to him. Marry Paris! For advice, the girl goes to the priest. He tells her that there is one remedy - a special poison. If she drinks it, she will appear dead for two days. And when she wakes up, Romeo will be nearby and pick her up. Juliet immediately agrees to this. Lorenzo said to drink poison Wednesday night. Somehow everything is unclear with the days. When Juliet comes back from the priest, it's already Wednesday all of a sudden. Those. Tuesday is lost. Tomorrow is the wedding. In the evening, the girl drinks poison. Just in case, he puts a dagger nearby. If suddenly the remedy does not work, then she can always stab herself with it. Drinks poison. The next morning, Juliet is found dead. Of course everyone is upset. The servant brings the sad news to Mantua Romeo. He goes to the pharmacist and buys poison from him. Moreover, the pharmacist at first refuses to sell, because according to the laws of Mantua, death is due for the sale of poisons. But money matters a lot. Even complex differential equations on the exam. The fact is that brother Lorenzo, after giving the poison to Juliet, immediately sent an envoy to Mantua to hand over the letter to Romeo, in which he told about his plan. The envoy could not deliver the letter. Because Romeo did not know anything that his Juliet was actually sleeping, and not dead. In the evening, Romeo comes to the crypt where Juliet lay. Paris was already there, bringing flowers to Juliet. Romeo: - Listen, friend, get out of here. Not up to you now! Paris: - I will fight with you! - OK! Paris is dying. Romeo brings his body to the crypt. There he sees his Juliet. With all the signs of a living person. But... Dunce... Can't tell a dead body from a living one. I made a separate video about this. A touching farewell scene, and Romeo drinks poison. Brother Lorenzo enters the crypt. Juliet wakes up asking where her husband is. Lorenzo says that he lies nearby. Dead. - Let's get out of here! I hear people coming here! - Not. I will stay. And you go. And the priest leaves. Like this. I took it and left. Juliet tries to drink the remnants of the poison from Romeo's flask - it doesn't work. She kisses him, thinking that maybe the poison on her lips remained. Does not work. Then he takes Romeo's dagger and... stabs himself. The next morning, all of Verona was at the Capulet crypt. Moreover, Montecchi says that at night his wife died because of sadness for her son. What the hell is sadness, dear author? He was alive and well. 40 km from here. Why die? The Duke of Verona interrogated Brother Lorenzo. He told everything he knew. And then the duke gouged the Montagues and the Capulets because they brought so many deaths because of their stupid enmity. Then Capulet held out his hand to the Montagues. He shook her. They promised each other that they would erect monuments of gold to Juliet and her Romeo. Notice I said "Juliet and her Romeo". This is how the author ends his play in the original. In his opinion, the image of Juliet is the main one in the tragedy. And Romeo is...

The choir tells about the events of the play that took place in Verona, where the children of two warring families fell in love and died.

Act one

scene one

Market square in Verona. Servants of the Capulets - Samson and Gregorio, armed with swords and shields, plan to beat the servants of the Montagues. Samson offers to provoke enemies well so that they rush into battle first, and the law condemns them, and not the real instigators of the fight. He starts biting his nails thumb and tells Abram, the servant of Montague, that he serves with better masters than him.

Samson, Gregorio, Abram and Romeo's servant Balthazar are fighting. Montague's nephew and Romeo's friend Benvolio tries to stop the fight. Lady Capulet's nephew, Tybalt, accuses the latter of fighting with the servants. Benvolio explains that he just wanted to separate them, and invites Tybalt to do it together. The latter loses his temper and attacks Benvolio. Adherents of both houses join the fighting, and then the townspeople with clubs and halberds.

The Capulets and the Montagues appear in the courtyard. Men want to rush into battle, but women stop them.

The prince with his retinue, who appeared at the noise of the battle, orders everyone to disperse under pain of death. The Montagues who remained in the square ask Benvolio for details of the quarrel. Lady Montecchi asks if Romeo took part in it? Benvolio says that even before sunrise he saw her son walking at the western gate. Montague complains that he can't figure out what's wrong with Romeo?

Benvolio is talking to a friend. Romeo confesses that he is in love. Benvolio sympathizes with him and tries to figure out who she is. Romeo describes his beloved as a virgin who has taken a vow of celibacy. Benvolio invites a friend to consign love to oblivion by looking at others.

scene two

A relative of the Prince of Verona, a young man, Count Paris asks Montague for the hand of fourteen-year-old Juliet. The girl's father invites him to wait a bit with his marriage and invites him to his house for an annual holiday to find out how the prospective bride treats him.

Montague orders the servant to call the guests according to the list. An illiterate man turns to Romeo for help. Benvolio invites his friend to go to the Capulet's feast to see the best beauties of Verona.

scene three

Lady Capulet asks the Nurse to call Juliet. The Nurse recalls the day when she weaned her pupil from her breast. The girl was then three years old. The Nurse remembered this moment well, as it fell on the earthquake on St. Peter's Day.

Lady Capulet asks her daughter what she thinks about marriage. Juliet replies that she did not even think of such an honor. The nurse is delighted with the girl's speeches. Lady Capulet invites her daughter to take a closer look at the ball to Paris. Juliet promises her mother to follow her orders.

scene four

Romeo with friends - Mercutio and Benvolio and several mummers and torchbearers under masks enter the ball to the Capulets. Romeo is anxious. He had a strange dream. Mercutio, in order to calm his friend, tells him that these are the pranks of the elven queen Mab. Romeo is in no hurry for the holiday: he is not left with a premonition that from this day his life will change, and death awaits him ahead.

scene five

The servants prepare the hall for the reception. The Capulet family comes out to meet the guests and the mummers and invite everyone to start dancing. Uncle Capulet and the head of the house recall how they themselves had fun twenty-five years ago at the wedding of Lucenzo. Hearing the voice of Romeo, Tybalt wants to fight him, but Capulet asks to leave the guest alone.

Dressed as a monk, Romeo talks to Juliet and kisses her on the lips. From the nurse, young people learn each other's names and are horrified by the fact that they fell in love with the offspring of warring families.

The scene ends with the entrance of the chorus, telling that the beauty of Juliet has eclipsed Romeo's former passion - Rosaline.

Action two

scene one

Romeo climbs over the wall of the Capulet garden. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying in vain to get their friend back.

scene two

Juliet comes out onto the balcony. Romeo sings of the beauty of the girl. Juliet grieves that Romeo is a Montecchi and admits that she is ready to become his wife. The young man is happy to change his name for the sake of his beloved. Juliet immediately recognizes Romeo's voice. She is afraid that her family will kill him. Remembering what Romeo heard, Juliet asks not to consider her easily accessible: the girl uttered her confessions of the night, not knowing that someone else was hearing them. Romeo swears to himself that he loves Juliet. The girl says that she made her vow earlier. She asks Romeo to let her know tomorrow when and where the wedding will take place. The young man swears by salvation that he will not deceive Juliet. Young people can not part with each other.

scene three

Brother Lorenzo returns to his cell with a basket full of useful herbs. Romeo asks the holy father to marry him to Juliet. Brother Lorenzo is amazed at how quickly the feelings of the young Montecchi have changed.

scene four

Benvolio tells Mercutio that Romeo didn't sleep at home. Mercutio thinks Rosaline is the problem. Benvolio tells of Tybalt's letter in which the latter challenges Romeo to a duel. Mercutio praises the fighting qualities of Lady Capulet's nephew.

Friends are happy to see Romeo returning from a night out. The nurse, along with her servant Peter, jokes with Mercutio. She is unhappy with his ridicule and Peter's inaction. Romeo asks the nurse to tell Juliet that by noon she must come to confession to her brother Lorenzo, who will marry them. The nurse herself must guard at the monastery gates of a man with a rope ladder.

scene five

Juliet waits impatiently for her nurse in the garden. The nanny who returned from Romeo complains of shortness of breath and praises the groom with might and main. She deliberately plays for time, infuriating Juliet, then gives up and sends her to confession to Lorenzo.

scene six

Romeo and Juliet meet in Lorenzo's cell. The Holy Father understands that it is necessary to marry young people who are burning with passion as soon as possible.

Act Three

scene one

Benvolio invites Mercutio to leave the area swarming with Capulets. Mercutio sneers at the cautious vehemence of a friend who draws his sword with or without reason. Tybalt calls Romeo a scoundrel. Young Montecchi does not want to quarrel with his new relative. Mercutio does not like such obedience of a friend. He picks up a sword and invites Tybalt to fight. Romeo tries to stop the fight. Tybalt wounds Mercutio and flees from the battlefield. Mercutio is dying. Romeo realizes that he has become too soft thanks to Juliet. He kills the returned Tybalt and flees from Verona.

Benvolio tells the prince about what happened. Lady Capulet does not believe the representative of the Montecchi family. The prince expels Romeo from Verona and fines the warring families.

scene two

Juliet is looking forward to the night, fearing and longing for it at the same time. The Nurse brings news of Tybalt's death and Romeo's flight. Juliet loses her temper and curses her husband, but quickly comes to her senses and rejoices that the young Capulet is alive, and Tybalt, who wanted to kill him, is dead. The Nurse follows Romeo to the convent.

scene three

Brother Lorenzo brings news of the prince's decision to Romeo. The young man is horrified: exile seems to him worse than death. Having learned from the nurse about the grief of Juliet, Romeo wants to stab himself. Brother Lorenzo asks him to come to his senses and does not cause the death of his young wife. The Holy Father describes in detail all Romeo's successes, says that at night he will be able to visit Juliet, and then go to Mantua to wait for the reconciliation of the houses and the opening of his marriage.

scene four

Capulet promises Paris to give Jultette as his wife. The wedding is scheduled for Thursday. The time of the fourth scene is Monday. Lady Capulet goes to her daughter to inform her of the marriage.

scene five

Romeo hears the song of the lark and wants to leave. Juliet convinces him that it is a nightingale. Romeo agrees to stay and die beside his beloved. Juliet begs him to flee to Mantua. The Nurse warns Juliet of her mother's arrival. Romeo jumps into the garden from the window.

Lady Capulet promises her daughter to send someone to Mantua to avenge Tybalt's death by putting poison in Romeo's food. Juliet refuses to marry Paris. Capulet is furious. He gives his daughter two days to think and, in case of refusal, invites her to continue to take care of herself.

The nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris. The girl goes to her father Lorenzo for confession.

act four

scene one

Paris asks his brother Lorenzo to marry him to Juliet. Juliet begs the holy father to help her grief or justify suicide. Brother Lorenzo gives the girl a bottle of a solution that will put her to sleep for forty-two hours. According to the plan of the holy father, according to Veronese custom, Juliet will be taken to the Capulet crypt, where he will meet her with Romeo.

scene two

The Capulets prepare for their daughter's wedding. Juliet gives her consent to the marriage.

scene three

Juliet sends the wet nurse with her mother to arrange a feast. Lying on the bed, the girl thinks about whether the monk slipped poison on her to hide his misdeed? Juliet is scared and too early to come to her senses in a tomb filled with the dead. In an effort to meet Romeo again, the girl drinks the solution.

scene four

The Capulet's servants, together with their hosts, are preparing a wedding feast. In the morning, Paris comes along with the musicians, in accordance with the custom of waking up the bride.

scene five

The Nurse tries in vain to wake Juliet. Lady Capulet weeps over her dead daughter. The Capulets entered the room with Paris, mourning the girl who left the world. Brother Lorenzo calms the inconsolable relatives and offers to bury Juliet without delay. Pyotr, whose heart is breaking with grief, asks the musicians to play a dance song for him.

Act Five

scene one

Romeo in Mantua has a strange dream in which Juliet appears to him, dead, bringing him back to life with a kiss. Balthazar brings news of the girl's death. Romeo tells the servant to go after the horses, and he goes to the pharmacist for poison in order to unite with his beloved forever.

A poor apothecary sells for fifty ducats young man potent poison.

scene two

Brother Giovanni, sent by Brother Lorenzo, could not get to Mantua because of the plague quarantine. Romeo was left without a letter addressed to him about the state of affairs in Verona.

scene three

Paris brings flowers to the tomb of the Capulet family. The page warns him with a whistle of the arrival of strangers. Paris is hiding near the tomb.

Romeo gives Balthazar a letter asking him to deliver it to his father tomorrow morning. Balthazar is hiding in the bushes.

Paris accuses Romeo of desecrating the tomb. The inconsolable Montague tries to explain that he came for death. Paris doesn't hear him. A battle ensues between the young people. Romeo kills Paris. The page runs after the guard.

Romeo carries Paris into the tomb and drinks the poison. Balthazar directs his brother Lorenzo to Romeo. The Holy Father does not understand what has happened. Hearing a noise, he offers the awakened Juliet to run away so that later she can become a nun in a monastery, but the girl stays with Romeo, kisses him to moisten her lips with poison, and stabs herself with a dagger.

Count Paris, a young man, a relative of the prince.

Montagues, Capulets- heads of two warring houses.

Uncle Capulet.

Romeo son of Montecchi.

Mercutio, relative of the prince, friend of Romeo.

Benvolio, nephew of Montecchi, friend of Romeo.

Tybalt nephew of Lady Capulet.

Brother Lorenzo, Brother Giovanni- Franciscan friars.

Balthazar Romeo's servant.

Samson, Gregorio servants of the Capulets.

Peter, a servant of Juliet's nurse.

Abram, Montague's servant.

Apothecary.

Three musicians.

Page of Paris.

First Citizen.

Lady Montecchi wife of the Montagues.

Lady Capulet wife of the Capulets.

Juliet daughter of Capulet.

Nurse Juliet.

Citizens of Verona, male and female relatives of both houses, mummers, guards, servants and choir.

Location: Verona and Mantua.

The choir enters.

choir

Two equally respected families
In Verona, where events meet us,
Conduct internecine battles
And they don't want to stop the bloodshed.
The children of the leaders love each other,
But fate sets up intrigues for them,
And their death at the coffin doors
Puts an end to irreconcilable strife.
Their life, and passion, and death triumph,
And the late peace of relatives on their grave
For two hours they will make up a creature
Played before you were.
Have mercy on the weaknesses of the pen:
The poet's sins will be corrected by the game.

Mercutio

Romeo, no, you can't get away from dancing.

Romeo

Fire me. You are in light ballroom shoes,
And I'm crushed to the ground.

Mercutio

After all, you are in love, so with the wings of Cupid
Resolutely wave and break away.

Romeo

He nailed me through with an arrow.
I am wounded so that the wings do not carry.
Under the burden of love, I buckle.

Mercutio

Fall down, don't crush her.
She is tender for your fall.

Romeo

Is love tender? She is rude and evil.
And it pricks and burns like a thorn.

Mercutio

And if so, be cruel to her too,
If and burn, and you will be even.
But it's time to wear a mask.
Well, that's all, and on the face of the mask.
Now let me know what they say
I'm dressed up, let the mask blush.

Benvolio

Knock on the door, and only we will enter -
Everyone dance and move your feet.

Romeo

Give me the torch. Let the fools dance.
The rugs were not made for me.
Well, I'm with a candle, as grandfathers said,
I watch the game from behind my shoulders,
It doesn't seem worth the candle though.

Mercutio

Oh, torch-bearer, with his ardent love
You are tired, like a chadnaya oil lamp!
Knock on the door, so as not to rot alive.
We burn fire during the day, as they say.

Romeo

Traveling around is a good idea
But not good.

Mercutio

What, dare I ask?

Romeo

Mercutio

Imagine me too.

Romeo

Mercutio

That dreams are nonsense.

Romeo

And I've never been wrong about them.

Mercutio

Well, it's Queen Mab of leprosy.
She is the ancestor of the fairies
And the size of an agate stone
The mayor has a ring. At night she
On the gear of dust particles rides in a train
Down our noses while we sleep.
From the legs of a spider in the wheels of the spoke,
Carriage top of locust wings
Straps of tugs made of cobweb threads,
And collars from drops of dew.
A whip of foam is wound around the bone of a cricket.
A mosquito on a goat the size of a worm,
Of those from sleepy laziness
They start up in the nails of the craftswomen.
Her wagon is an empty hazelnut,
And all trimmed with squirrel and beetle,
Elven old cartwheels.
She crosses at night
The brain of lovers who dream of tenderness
The humps of the nobles who dream of the yard,
Mustaches of judges who dream of bribes
And the lips of virgins who dream of passion.
Their fairy Mab covers with acne
For being greedy for sweet pies.
Will roll up to the bridge of the nose quarreling,
And he will smell the aroma of litigation.
A bristle under the nostril tickles
At the pastor, and he will see a dream
About the transfer to another deanery.
With a run rushes for the collar
Servant, and this will be dreamed of
Carnage, Spanish blades
And charms into two buckets and drums.
In fright, he jumps up from sleep
And he crosses himself, trembling, and falls asleep.
All this is the trickery of Queen Mab.
She braids her manes in the stables
And her hair is knocked down with a tangle,
Which is unsafe to unravel.
Under it the girls groan in their sleep,
Getting ready for motherhood.
Here is Mab...

Romeo

Mercutio, shut up.
You are empty.

Mercutio

It's about dreams.
They are the fruit of a loafer-dream
And sleeping idle consciousness.
Their substance is like air, and jumps -
Like explosions of the wind roaring blindly
Now to the north, then from north to south
In a surge of affection and a fit of anger.

Benvolio

How would this wind not chill
We have supper while we foolishly procrastinate.

Romeo

We are not foolishly procrastinating, but we are not in a hurry in time.
I'm ahead of the good no tea. Something,
What is still hidden in the darkness
But it will be born from this ball,
Untimely shorten my life
Due to some terrible circumstances.
But the one who guides my ship
Already raised the sail. Lord, come in!

Benvolio

They leave.

scene five

Hall in the Capulet house.

Musicians. Servants with napkins.

First Servant

Where is Anton Soteyshchik? Why doesn't it help clean up? So it sticks to the leftovers! So it carries the language!

Second Servant

It's a bad thing when all the work is on one or two, and even those hands are unwashed.

First Servant

Folding chairs out, slides with dishes - to the wall. Watch out for the silver. Hide for me, my dear, a piece of marzipan and, if you love me, warn downstairs at the entrance to let Nadezhda Nazhduchnitsa and Nellie through. Anton Soteyshchik!

third servant

Here I am, what's the cry?

First Servant

In the big room they call you, they call you, they demand, and I don’t know how to say it.

third servant

You won't jump on every click. Have fun, guys. Live longer, earn more.

Enter Capulet, Lady Capulet, Juliet and Tybalt with household towards guests and mummers.

Capulet

End of free trial.

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Count Paris, a young man, a relative of the prince.

Montagues, Capulets- heads of two warring houses.

Uncle Capulet.

Romeo son of Montecchi.

Mercutio, relative of the prince, friend of Romeo.

Benvolio, nephew of Montecchi, friend of Romeo.

Tybalt nephew of Lady Capulet.

Brother Lorenzo, Brother Giovanni- Franciscan friars.

Balthazar Romeo's servant.

Samson, Gregorio servants of the Capulets.

Peter, a servant of Juliet's nurse.

Abram, Montague's servant.

Apothecary.

Three musicians.

Page of Paris.

First Citizen.

Lady Montecchi wife of the Montagues.

Lady Capulet wife of the Capulets.

Juliet daughter of Capulet.

Nurse Juliet.

Citizens of Verona, male and female relatives of both houses, mummers, guards, servants and choir.

Location: Verona and Mantua.

The choir enters. choir Two equally respected families In Verona, where events meet us, Conduct internecine battles And do not want to stop the bloodshed. The children of the ringleaders love each other, But fate sets up intrigues for them, And their death at the coffin doors Puts an end to irreconcilable strife. Their life, and passion, and death triumph, And the late world of relatives on their grave For two hours will make up the being Played out before you were. Have mercy on the weaknesses of the pen: The sins of the poet will be corrected by the game.

Act I

scene one

Verona. Trade area. Enter Samson and Gregorio, servants of the Capulets, with swords and shields. Samson

Remember, Gregorio, don't lose your face.

Gregorio

What you! Vice versa. Mud in the face, just get caught.

Samson

Let's give them a bath.

Gregorio

We would get out of the water dry.

Samson

I'm quick on hand, as soon as I boil.

Gregorio

Boiling you down is no easy task.

Samson

In front of the Montecco mongrels, I boil like boiling water.

Gregorio

Boil - leave. Boil - and run away like milk. And the brave will rest - do not move.

Samson

In front of the mongrels from the Montecchi house, I will resist - do not move. I will grind everyone into powder: both young men and girls.

Gregorio

Think what a hurricane!

Samson

All to one. Well done to the side, and the girls in the corners and in the gap.

Gregorio

The quarrel, after all, is master's and between the male servants.

Samson

Does not matter. I'll get along with the male, I'll take on the female. I will show everyone my strength.

Gregorio

And the poor girls?

Samson

As long as there is enough urine, and girls. I, thank God, a piece of meat is not small.

Gregorio

It is good that you are not a fish, otherwise you would be a salt cod. Quick, where is your sword? There are two Montagues.

Samson

Done, sword drawn. Take them down, I won't leave you.

Gregorio

What is this conversation? Go ahead please.

Samson

Don't worry about me.

Gregorio

There is something to worry about!

Samson

Let's take them out. If they start a fight first, the law will be on our side.

Gregorio

I'll make an angry face when I pass by. Let's see what they do.

Samson

I'll bite my fingernail at their address. They will be disgraced if they miss this.

Enter Abram and Baltazar. Abram

Samson

I bite my fingernail, sir.

Abram

Are you biting your fingernail at our expense, sir?

Samson(in an undertone to Gregorio)

If this is confirmed, is the law on our side?

Gregorio(in an undertone to Samson)

In no case.

Samson

No, I'm not biting my nails at your expense, sir. And I bite, I say, a nail, sir.

Gregorio

Are you getting into a fight, sir?

Abram

Me sir? No sir.

Samson

If you're stuffed, I'm at your service. I live with gentlemen no worse than yours.

Abram

But not the best either.

Gregorio(aside, to Samson, noticing Tybalt in the distance)

Talk to the best, out one of the masters.

Samson

The best, sir.

Abram

You are lying!

Included Benvolio. Samson

Fight if you are men. Gregorio, show them your good kick.

They fight. Benvolio Weapons away and instantly in places! Don't know what you're doing