16 Let's Have A Ball! The apulets are havig a masquerade ball! It is costume part where everoe wears a mask. veroe is ivited except the Motagues. However, Romeo Motague, his cousi, Bevol, ad his best fried, Mercut have decided to tur up the apulets part uivited. Leave him aloe, Tbalt. Do t spoil the part. to I w iet. Jul marr Looks like Romeo is i love. Paris He ice. seems! im I like h Tha Mot t s Romeo a ivite gue! He s o d! I m goig t chase to him o ut! Lord apulet this Who is l! ir lovel g Tbalt Bevol Juliet Where is the food? Romeo Mercut 90 Shakespeare O Stage Juliet s Nurse
Le t's do I t! Gettig To Kow You Whe Romeo saw Juliet, it was love first sight. Juliet also fell i love with Romeo whe she first saw him. But the are troubled whe the fid out who their families are. This might ot have happeed if the had itroduced themselves prerl. LADY APULT I am Juliet s mother. I love Juliet ver much. I do t like Romeo. He ca t be trusted. NURS I have looked afte r Juliet sice she w as a bab. I love Juliet like m ow child. LORD APULT I am Juliet s fher. I kow wh s best for Juliet! Pla this game to itroduce the characters the part! Use the examples below to make cards for each character. JULIT I am the oug ad beautiful daughter of Lord ad Lad apulet. ROMO IBevol am the ol so of Lord ad Lad Motague. I am good-lookig ad ver dashig. TYBALT I am Juliet s cousi. I am ver qu icktempered a d get ito fights e asil. 91
PARIS I am a hadsome ad rich lord. I am i love with Juliet ad w to marr her. I am reled to the Price. TH PRIN I am the Price of Veroa. I tr to rule m cit wisel ad fairl. BNVOLIO I am Romeo s cou si ad his good frie d. I am kid ad qu ite a serus perso. MRUTIO best I am Romeo s al fried. I am lo ad brave. Shuffle the cards. Draw a card ad read which character ou are supposed to pla. Walk aroud the room greetig oe aother. Remember to act our part! If ou are actig as the bad-tempered Tbalt, ou could frow ad stomp aroud. Shake hads ad get to kow two other characters. Tell them our ame ad the descript th is o the card. The other characters will do the same. Now, stad i a circle. Take turs to itroduce ourself ad the itroduce the two characters ou just met. You ca add our ow words. For example, ou ma sa Hello, I am Romeo, the ol so of Lord Motague. This is Juliet, the ol daughter of Lord apulet. She is the beautiful daughter of m famil s eem! Th is Tbalt, Juliet s cousi. He has a bad temper! Now stad i a circle agai. This time, itroduce ourself. For example, ou ma sa, Hello, I am oie. I like to pla the piao. 92 Shakespeare O Stage
The Balco Scee After the part, Romeo waits uder Juliet s widow. He ws to see her agai. Luckil for him, Juliet steps out ito the balco, ad the meet. This is oe of the most famous scees i theer. Script haracters Prs Narror Romeo Juliet Let s act out the Balco Scee. Oe of ou will be the arror. Two of ou will act as Romeo ad Juliet. The rest of ou ca preted to be import prs th will make the balco scee a ver romic oe. Stars, moo, trees, crickets Settig apulet s fruit orchard NARRATOR It is ight. The orchard is filled with light from the moo ad stars. The trees swa i the getle wid. The crickets are sigig. The stars ad the moo shie brightl. The trees swa. The crickets sig softl. ROMO Wait, there is a light the widow. Who is it? Oh! It is the east, ad Juliet is the su. Oh, I wish she kew th I love her! 93
ROMO (to himself) Should I liste, or should I speak ow? JULIT (to herself) O Romeo, Romeo! hage our ame. If ou swear to love me, I ll chage mie. The trees ad crickets sigh softl. JULIT It s ol our ame th s m eem. Wh is Motague? It is ot a had, or a foot, or a arm, or a face, or a other part th belogs to a ma. Oh, be some other ame! Wh s i a ame? A rose would smell just as sweet if we called it b aother ame. Romeo would be just as perfect eve if he was t called Romeo. JULIT Who is it? ROMO (steps out so th JULIT ca see him) I trust ou. Just sa th ou love me ad I will take o a ew ame. From ow o I will ever be Romeo agai. ROMO I do t kow how to tell ou who I am. I he m ame because it has made me our eem. JULIT I kow th voice. Are ou Romeo Motague? ROMO I m either Romeo or Motague if ou do t like it. JULIT Oh! M famil will kill ou if the kow th ou are here. ROMO Love gives me courage ad our famil caot st me. 94 The trees ad crickets cheer. The moo ad stars shie brightl. NARRATOR Romeo ad Juliet did ot actuall chage their ames after this scee. The love each other but the realise th their families will ever let them be together. So the decide to get married i secret. Shakespeare O Stage
Wh s I A Name? Juliet sas th if we chage our ames, we would still be who we are. Do ou agree? Wh or wh ot? Write our thoughts below. A Rose Is A Rose? Le t's do I t! I thik th ames are import / ot import (Please circle). This is because Let s see if ames are import. xample: Write a short paragraph about wh ou like most ad wh ou dislike most i the world. Write o a piece of paper wh ou like or dislike them ad how the make ou feel. M favorite thig I love roses more tha hig i the world. Roses are beautiful ad the smell so sweet. I feel happ whe I see them. If someoe gives me roses for m birthda, I will be so excited. M least favorite thig I he tomoes. The smell of tomoes makes me sick. If someoe gives me tomoes, I will throw them awa. I do t uderstad how aoe ca like them. The, imagie th our favorite thig ad our least favorite thig have exchaged ames! I the paragraph ou wrote, switch the ames of our favorite ad our least favorite thigs. The read out wh ou wrote. Share with our classmes how ou feel after chagig the ames. 95