ROMEO AND JULIET. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. ESCALUS, prince of Verona. BALTHASAR, servant to Romeo. PARIS, a young nobleman, kins- SAMPSON, GREGORY, servants to Capulet. PETER, servant to Juliet's nurse. Page to Paris; another Page; an LADY MONTAGUE, wife to Mon- JULIET, daughter to Capulet. Citizens of Verona; several Men and Women, relations to both houses; Maskers, Guards, Watchmen, and Attendants. Chorus. Verona; except once in the fifth act, where it is Mantua. PROLOGUE. Enter Chorus. Chor. Two households, both alike in dignity, From forth the fatal loins of these two foes Do with their death bury their parents' strife. [Exit. ACT I. SCENE 1. Verona. A public place. Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, armed with swords and bucklers. Gre. No, for then we should be colliers. Gre. Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar. Gre. But thou art not quickly moved to strike. Gre. To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand: therefore, if thou art moved, thou runnest 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. Sam. True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall, Gre. The quarrel is between our masters and us their men. Sam. 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids, and cut off their heads. Gre. The heads of the maids? |