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Romeo and Juliet or The Old "You-Know-I-Really-Love-You-But-My-Father-Really-Hates-You" Blues

Romeo and Juliet or The Old "You-Know-I-Really-Love-You-But-My-Father-Really-Hates-You" Blues

By Nancy Linehan Charles. From William Shakespeare

Product Code: R74000

One-act Play

Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy

Cast size: 4m., 4w. (plus 21 either gender.)


Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available


Rights and availability

This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World.

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

$10.95
In Stock

Min. Royalty Rate: $55.00/perf

Synopsis

Teenagers. What are ya gonna do. They fall in love at the drop of a hat—always with the very person Mom and Dad can't stand. And in the case of Romeo Montague and Juliette Capulet, their families have hated one another for as long as anyone can remember. Except …no one actually remembers why. Grownups act that way sometimes, huh. This fast-paced adaptation of Shakespeare's play tracks the star-crossed lovers and their cross-purposed families through the tumbling courtship to its tragic conclusion—storytellers firing off comments about premature marriages and the folly of old men at war. A perfect landscape for boisterous swordfights and gender-bending casting. Girls play boys with pointed reminders to the audience of all-male casting in Elizabethan times. Payback, say the storytellers. The audience is prodded to stop the tragedy at several points, but alas, too late. The conclusion? Violence is a stupid choice so mend your fences before you hit the parking lot.

Notes

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Details

  • Status In stock
  • Type of Show One-act Play
  • Product Code R74000
  • Minimum Cast Size 29
  • Pages of Dialogue 61
  • Min. Royalty Rate $55.00/perf
  • Approx. Run Time 45 min
  • Staging Bare stage with ladders and props.

Categories

  • Target Audience Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
  • Performing Group Middle School | High School | TYA
  • Genre Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
  • ISBN(13) 9781583422366

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Customer Reviews

My drama club really enjoyed this version of Romeo and Juliet. Staging was simple and the kids enjoyed the Shakespeare mixed in with modern references.

Janine Forrester, Pleasant View School, Springfield, Mo.

The show is fantastic! We took it to the competition and received praise for our choice of performance. The set was easy to construct and transport. Best of all my students received a manageable introduction to the performance of Shakespeare!

Karen Smith, Howard High School Drama, Macon, GA

Production Map

Location City State Opens Closes
STAGES at Theatre Woodstock Woodstock 05/02/2025 05/04/2025