DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

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ESCALUS, Prince of Verona ,

Mr. JOSEPH CARNE
Paris, a young Nobleman, Kinsman to the
Prince

Mr. ARTHUR GRENVILLE MONTAGUE | Heads of two Houses at variance ( Mr. ALFRED BRYDONE CAPULET with each other

./ Mr. George Warde ROMEO, Son to Montague

Mr. FORBES ROBERTSON Mercurio, Kinsman to the Prince, and Friend to Romeo

Mr. COGHLAN Benvolio, Nephew to Montague, and Friend to Romeo

Mr. FRANK GILLMORE TYBALT, Nephew to Lady Capulet

Mr. Will DENNIS Friar LAURENCE, a Franciscan .

Mr. Nutcombe GOULD FRIAR JOHN, of the same Order

Mr. CHARLES E. SENIOR BALTHASAR, Servant to Romeo

Mr. T. P. WILLIAMSON SAMPSON

Mr. LENNOX PAWLE
Servants to Capulet .

. GREGORY

Mr. George CANNINGE Peter, another Servant to Capulet

Mr. JOHN WILLES ABRAHAM, Servant to Montague .

Mr. CHARLES LLOYD AN APOTHECARY .

Mr. IAN ROBERTSON

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY.

The Action takes place in Verona, but the First Scene of the Fifth Act

is laid in Mantua.

ACT I.

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Scene 1.-A PUBLIC Place

William Harford Scene 2.-CAPULET'S GARDEN

Hawes Craven Scene 3.-BY THE WALL OF CAPULET'S GARDEN

Hawes Craven Scene 4.—THE HALL IN CAPULET'S HOUSE Joseph Harker

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ACT II.

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Scene 1.-BY THE WALL OF CAPULET's
GARDEN.

Hawes Craven
Scene 2.-CAPULET'S GARDEN (BALCONY). Hawes Craven
Scene 3.-FRIAR LAURENCE's CELL. William Harford
Scene 4.-BY THE WALL OF CAPULET'S
GARDEN.

Hawes Craven Scene 5.-CAPULET'S GARDEN

Hawes Craven Scene 6.-FRIAR LAURENCE's CELL. William Harford Scene 7.-A PUBLIC PLACE

William Harford

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ACT III.

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Scene 1.-Juliet's CHAMBER

William Harford Scene 2.-FRIAR Laurence's Cell. William Harford Scene 3.-A Room IN CAPULET's House. William Harford Scene 4.-JULIET'S CHAMBER

William Harford

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Scene 1.-A STREET IN MANTUA

T. E. Ryan Scene 2.-FRIAR LAURENce's CELL. T. E. Ryan Scene 3.—THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS. T. E. Ryan

ROMEO AND JULIET.

ACT І.

SCENE 1.-A Public Place.

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of CAPULET, with swords and bucklers.

Sampson : REGORY, on my word, we'll not carry coals.

Gre. No, for then we should be colliers.

Sam. I mean, an we be in choler,

we'll draw. Gre. Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

Sam. I strike quickly, being moved.
Gre. But thou art not quickly moved to strike.
Sam. A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

Gre. To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand: therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn'st away.

Sam. A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

Gre. That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes to the wall. The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.

Sam. 'T is all one, I will show myself a tyrant.

Gre. Draw thy tool ; here comes of the house of the Montagues.

Enter ABRAHAM and BALTHASAR.

Sam. My naked weapon is out : quarrel; I will back thee.

Gre. How! turn thy back and run ?
Sam. Fear me not.
Gre. No, marry: I fear thee!

Sam. Let us take the law of our sides ; let them begin.

Gre. I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as they list.

Sam. Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it. Abr. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

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Sam. I do bite my thumb, sir.
Abr. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir ?
Sam. Is the law of our side, if I say ay ?
Gre. No.

Sam. No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.

Gre. Do you quarrel, sir?
Abr. Quarrel, sir ! no, sir.

, Sam. If you do, sir, I am for you : I serve as good a man as you.

Abr. No better.
Sam. Well, sir ?

Gre. Say better': here comes one of my master's kinsmen.

Sam. Yes, better, sir.
Abr. You lie.

Enter BENVOLIO.

Sam. Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

(They fight.