10/28/2023 0 Comments Romeo and juliet one act play scriptIt does create a fast-paced show with minimal settings, but it is never quite clear whether we are watching a rehearsed reading, a four handed performance of extracts from the original play, or a secret boy’s midnight tryst in which they use the text to explore their own relationships. Paul Stacey directs the pivotal scenes on the raised central platform while the boys rigid school routine is depicted in chanting from the lower surrounding areas and performers not in a scene sit fully engaged in the action on chairs around the platform. The tension between the Capulet and the Montague families is present but the focus switches to the two lovers and the roles of Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s Nurse and at times, it is not enough to hold our attention. However, despite the best efforts of the young cast, some exquisite lighting and a rumbling soundscape of a clicking clock, a heartbeat and thunder, it does make the story somewhat one dimensional around the discovery of young love. Joe Calarco’s bold reimagining of the story of Romeo and Juliet as a passionate voyage of discovery by four public school boys who, on discovering a hidden copy of the script, embark on a secret illicit reenactment of the familiar text and classic lines does bring a fresh feel to the play and makes Shakespeare’s words accessible to a young audience.
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