STORY:  Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love despite an ancient grudge between their families, the Montagues and Capulets. Assisted by Juliet’s good-natured nurse and Friar Lawrence, they marry in secret but then everything goes terribly wrong and ultimately everyone pays a heavy price for continuing this destructive vendetta. Shakespeare’s original text is edited to appeal to young people, and enlivened with a rich variety of songs and dances.

Key Stages 2 – 4 (age 7 – 16) ; Duration approximately 1 hour ;  Cross Curricular Aspects include Language and literature, history, geography, citizenship, music, dance, drama, art and design

CAST:  to suit the number of performers available, the cast size is flexible with 25 to 30 evenly distributed speaking/singing parts and choruses ;  * = solo/small group singing part ;  ^ = solo/small group speaking part

Romeo Montague*^, Juliet Capulet*^, Prince of Verona^; Lord Capulet*^; Paris^, kinsman of the Prince; Lady Capulet*^, Mercutio*^, Lord Montague^, Nurse*^, Lady Montague^, Tybalt*^, Peter^, Benvolio*^, Gregory^, Balthasar^, Sampson^, Abraham^, Attendants, Pages, Friar Lawrence*^, Maskers, Friar John^, Guards, Apothercary^

SONGS:  twelve songs and dances explore a wide diversity of musical styles including Elizabethan, rock‘n roll, waltz, tango, folk, ballad, medley and simple 2-part harmony.

	Prologue – Prince, Chorus
	We’re Gonna Get You – Montagues & Capulets
	Teenager Blues – Lady Montague, Nurse
	Social Event Of The Year – Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, Chorus
	Romeo – Juliet
	Hey, Ho, Nonny No – Friar Lawrence
	The Youth Of Today – Benvolio, Mercutio, Nurse
	A Plague On Both Your Houses – Mercutio, Tybalt
	We’ll See About That – Lord & Lady Capulet
	Sweet Juliet – Romeo
	Epilogue – Prince, Chorus
	Final Medley – All

 

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