#...that's all I remember actually- I think they had Friar Lawrence as an apothecary selling deadly poisons and antidotes

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So I found this old assignment from 9th grade that I never got past the rough draft/planning stages of jshdhsikfff XD

Ok fine so do star trek romeo and juliet

The story takes place on some random non-specific ship in starfleet, (not the Enterprise, Voyager, or any or the important ones actually in a series) 

Romeo can be cardassian, juliet can be bajoran, or the other way around but this is because those two species are against each other, paris can just be human because we don’t know that much about his character, rosaline is vulcan because she’s logical and doesn’t want anything to do with romeo romantically, friar lawrence can be vulcan too because logical, or maybe he can be betazoid because of how he always seems to understand the situation (telepathy), or he can be trill because of how old and wise he is (experience of several lifetimes) OR Friar Lawrence could be El-Aurian (because Guinan)- Yes friar Lawrence IS Guinan hahahah. tybalt can be romulan or klingon because he’s really angry, Lord Capulet should be Ferengi, but that doesn’t work if juliet is bajoran, so I guess he can be some sort of stepfather/caretaker, maybe lady capulet (bajoran like juliet) is a widow, lost her husband to the occupation after Juliet was born and got into the federation at first as a refugee, (extra reason for them all to be against cardassians) and then lord capulet the ferengi seduced her somehow I guess (because he’s quark and he saw she had a daughter (juliet) and he wanted to take advantage of that because he wanted to eventually marry juliet off to somebody for the profit, plus maybe he wanted lady capulet (bajoran) to massage his ears because… ferengi) and she joined starfleet, benvolio and mercutio can be human because we don’t have very many humans yet. Nurse is betazoid because of how caring she is for Juliet, plus she’s really bawdy like Deanna Troi's mom.

Romeo and juliet meet like they did in the story at a masked party/ball, (because otherwise they’d recognise each other’s species), and then Romeo being the romantic convinces her that they should take off their masks together so he can kiss her or something, which she agrees to I guess, and then they recoil because oh my gosh he’s a cardassian evil guy blah blah blah, and oh my gosh she’s so much younger and that’s not right, and also she’s bajoran and it’s just wrong and she’s going to immediately stereotype me as evil and hate me oh no, so then they both go crying to the nurse and mercutio/benvolio respectively

The nurse is the ship’s counselor and very reasonable so she kindly tells juliet to get over herself because she literally just met romeo and she shouldn’t worry about it, and then they proceed to have a tearful conversation about feelings

Mercutio and benvolio both have pretty much the exact same conversation with romeo, telling him he’s known juliet for all of 5 minutes and to find another lady because she’s underage and bajoran and please don’t take this personally but she’s never going to like a cardassian and also what happened to rosaline?? blah blah blah, and then romeo proceeds to cry and tell them about feelings too.

Friar Lawrence is the bartender because he’s Guinan, so he doesn’t hear what’s going on (too far away) but he sees everything and thinks Romeo’s a fool but it would be cute if Juliet weren’t getting married to Paris

It needs something that makes the story not exactly the same other than the setting, some kind of plot twist to take the story away from the original plot, so

The ship gets attacked in the middle of the party, interrupting the feelings conversation

The party is a pre-party thing for Juliet’s marriage to Paris and she doesn’t want to be married but lord capulet/quark made her do it before she met Romeo and so now she’s extra conflicted because she doesn’t like Paris but she wants to be respectful to her parents so she felt like she didn’t have a choice so she consented to the marriage but not really it’s just because she didn’t know how to stand up for herself so she’s going to get married to Paris in a few hours but she just met Romeo, who’s a cardassian, and she’s afraid that she’s fallen in love with him, but she can’t do that because of her obligation to her parents and to Paris, who doesn’t seem terrible but she doesn’t really know him very well (lord capulet’s managed to convince everyone otherwise), plus also the whole thing about cardassians.

So the party ends, everyone goes and does whatever for a few hours, then to their quarters to get changed for the actual wedding, and this time focuses on everybody’s thoughts, which is a ton of mostly everyone having internal conflict.

Juliet: more conflict about respect to parents (marry paris) vs feelings (romeo being a nice guy she talked to for a while but he’s cardassian and also not Paris)

Romeo: pre established conflict of his feelings for juliet vs mercutio and benvolio’s arguments against it (also he doesn’t know juliet is the person he met or that she’s getting married to paris because he was just showing up for the fun of the party and the food, so he doesn’t have that conflict yet)

Lord Capulet: excited about the bride-price he’s going to get from Paris after a lot of negotiating and lying to him about Ferengi customs

Paris: NOT having doubts about this whole marriage thing because he’s the antagonist and he wants to be married to Juliet because he’s evil and a creep who wants to take advantage of her and so far he’s just played nice around Juliet to keep the marriage on. 

Nurse: Sensing the malicious intentions from Paris, and becoming a little worried, but changes her mind and tells herself she was just being silly, he’s a fine young man and she’s just excited about the wedding

Lady Capulet: totally been manipulated and lied to by Lord Capulet, she feels like there’s something off about everything but doesn’t want to speak up because she’s been drawn into the Ferengi belief that women are useless and nothing and inferior to men, and that if she doesn’t let Lord Capulet marry off her daughter, he won’t protect her anymore, and she won’t be able to fend for herself because she’s just a woman, no way could she get a job or anything without his help, and of course it’s probably just fine for Juliet to get married… right? She’s only 13… but she’s almost 14, so… it’s still not okay but it’s not like they have a choice? Lord Capulet’s been gaslighting her and it’s all very wrong.

Friar Lawrence: Not really thinking much or being conflicted, just pleasantly humming to himself as he cleans up the room after the party and starts getting everything set up for the wedding. He’s not sure about the morality of what’s going on, but so far as he’s concerned, all those short-lived species can figure out their own problems and everything will turn out alright in the end. If one of them is worried or needs advice they can come ask, but so long as everyone seems relatively fine, it isn’t really his business is it?

Benvolio and Mercutio: laughing about Romeo and his lovesick heart in their quarters, playfully making bets on how long it’ll be before he sees another pretty lady and forgets “that bajoran girl” just generally making fun of Romeo and stuff.

Rosaline: She’s going to be Juliet’s hero. Vulcans are logical and they suppress emotion, she wasn’t “having fun” at the party, she was analyzing all the situations and talking to people in a “friendly” manner to gather some final tidbits of information. Because Rosaline has been noticing little wrong things everywhere for a while. Lord Capulet says that Juliet and Paris are totally in love, can’t wait to be married, best friends, but has she seen them hanging out together? Never. Why is Lady Capulet so reserved and nervous all the time around Lord Capulet? Also suspicious. Paris is in his 20s while Juliet’s 13 going on 14?  She read through databases on human versus bajoran maturing, traditions, customs, ages of consent, etc. and that most certainly isn’t right either. Rosaline has come to the conclusion that whatever this marriage is, it shouldn’t be happening, and she’s going to try to rescue Juliet because all her logic points to that being the right thing to do.

Rosaline goes to Juliet and convinces Juliet to go on a walk with her, “calm the nerves before the big moment,” but actually wants to talk about everything with Juliet so they can make a plan for how to avoid her getting married to Paris. They end up talking about Romeo, and Rosaline advises Juliet that “he was in love with me yesterday, if you like him then fine by me, but take it slow and make sure he won’t run off with the next pretty girl he sees before you set your heart on him, the young man’s a fool.”

So far, Rosaline’s plan for avoiding the marriage is to have Rosaline pretend to be Juliet (like Thor pretending to be Freya) because Rosaline can keep a clearer head in the moment and can explain all of what she believes to be going on to the audience, and make sure none of the blame goes on to Juliet or Lady Capulet. While Rosaline does that, Juliet can hide somewhere else on the ship with a com link to Rosaline so she can hear what’s going on, and if it somehow backfires horribly, well they’ll figure that out in the moment and Rosaline will protect Juliet. Juliet isn’t sure about this idea, but right now there’s not enough time to think up a whole new plan. (Later: right when the “I do-s” are supposed to happen and Rosaline throws back the veil to begin her monologue, Tybalt attacks the ship and everything is put on hold to address that issue, leaving everyone wondering what’s going on. After they defeat him diplomatically or whatever, they decide to restart the wedding, and this time, Juliet steps up and adresses Paris directly and then Lord Capulet and stands up for herself and it’s all very well and good, but then there’s the aftermath to deal with– she stood up for herself in front of everyone, but what about later, when she might be alone?) the captain of the ship (hmm… the captain is the Prince, and he’s human because eh) […unfinished…]

Meanwhile at the end of the original party, Romeo learns from Friar Lawrence that Juliet is the lady he’s fallen in love with, and that she’s the one getting married to Paris. He runs off to Mercutio and Benvolio (again) accidentally catches them kissing (this is an older ship, sometimes the door system is faulty and allows people into the quarters without verbal confirmation from those inside, you need to explain that BEFORE this scene though) but he’s really oblivious and ignores that/doesn’t realize and just brushes it off without a thought and goes on to complain about stuff to them. (this is a comedic use of the faulty doors, you need a plot-central use of faulty doors at some later point)

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Romeo and Juliet Holiday Homework

When the plague broke out in 1593 the theatres were forced to close so Shakespeare had to turn to writing poetry. From 1594 onwards he was a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men company of theatrical players. William Shakespeare’s work has been performed within countless hamlets, village, cities and metropolises for more than 400 years. William was the third child of six. By 1952 there is evidence that Shakespeare earned his living as an actor and a playwright in London. 15 of the 37 plays Shakespeare had written were published by 1597. By 1599 he and his business partners had built their own theatre on the south bath of the Thames River which was called the Globe. He was also an entrepreneur as well as an artist selling real estate which made him £60 a year. When William Shakespeare was born Queen Elizabeth the First was the monarch and remained queen until she passed away in1603 in which James the First took her place on the throne and remained there when Shakespeare passed on in 1616. Many of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed within the Globe which was the theatre that he built himself. Actors did not usually wear historically accurate costumes however sometimes a toga was sometimes worn for a Roman play so instead they typically wore gorgeous modern dresses, especially leading parts. They often used second hand clothes that had once been used by real life nobles. Shakespeare’s plays had little or no scenery excluding objects required by the plot (e.g. a throne, grave or bed.) The exits and entrances done within the performance were in plain view of the audience. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet to be performed on a simple stage in an Elizabethan playhouse in the daylight. The stage would have a balcony at the rear of the stage for Juliet's bedroom window and a trapdoor for the tomb. There was no scenery and only a minimum amount of props to be used so that the audience to focus on the language and the performance moved with a swift speed. The first performance of Romeo and Juliet had an all male cast because women did not legally appear on stage until the late 17th century. The costumes for the women have a lot of materiel to them which would make them heavy however if you used these costumes within a modern performance it would help the actors be more realistic within their characters because it will make it easier to move like they would originally. When Romeo and Juliet was first performed, the theatre contained over 1,500 seats making the theatre very large in size meaning that the actors would have to project their voices a great deal so that everyone within the audience can hear them. Cast: Romeo Juliet Friar Lawrence Mercutio The Nurse Tybalt Capulet Lady Capulet Montague Lady Montague Paris Benvolio Prince Escaulus Friar John Balthasar Sampson Gregory Abram The Apothecary Peter Rosaline The Chorus Act 1 Scene 1: There is a giant fight which Capulet and Montague get involved with even though there wives disapprove. The Prince then arrives and declares that any more fighting between the two families will be punished with death. We also learn that Romeo is in love with a woman who is sworn to chastity and his cousin Benvolio tries to get him to consider other women however Romeo ignores this. Act 1 Scene 2: When Paris asks Capulet for his permission to marry Juliet he agrees that if he can get her affections during the forthcoming banquet he can marry her. When an illiterate servant asks Romeo to help him read instructions he sees the guest list for the forthcoming banquet and sees his Juliet’s name so decides to go with Benvolio in disguise. Act 1 Scene 3: The Nurse remembers Juliet’s childhood in length and Lady Capulet tells her daughter about her fathers plans about marrying her off to Paris. Act 1 Scene 4: When Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio arrive at the banquet Romeo tells the others that he won’t be dancing due to his sadness. Act 1, Scene 5: Romeo sees Juliet but Romeos identity is spotted by Tybalt but is told to leave it. Romeo and Juliet get together end up kissing and their love is obvious from the start however when they both find out they’re rivals they are both distressed. Act 2 Prologue: The chorus expresses that Romeo and Juliet cannot easily but because their love is so strong that they find a way. Act 2, Scene 1: Romeo and his friends separate and they assume that he has gone in search for Juliet so they leave. Act 2, Scene 2: When Juliet appears at a high window Romeo stops to admire her beauty and as she believes that she is alone she expresses her love of Romeo to herself and how she regrets that he is a montague. Romeo shows himself to her and they exchange their love for each other until Juliet is called away by the Nurse but agrees to send him a messenger the next day to make plans of their wedding. Act 2 Scene 3: Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to ask if he will help them get married and he agrees hoping that it will end the feud between the families. Act 2 Scene 4: Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and Romeos friends wonder if he’s up to it. Romeo goes to see Juliet and tells The Nurse about their plans to be married by Friar Lawrence that afternoon and for the Nurse to leave a rope for her to get out. Act 2 Scene 5: The Nurse tells Juliet Romeos message and she departs to go meet Romeo immediately. Act 2 Scene 6: When they meet up in Friar Lawrence’s cell he prepares to marry them. Act 3 Scene 1: Tybalt and Romeo bump into each other but when Tybalt challenges him into a duel Romeo just tries to get them to be friends but Tybalt draws his sword regardless and ends up killing Mercutio which causes him to flee. Tybalt returns so Romeo agrees to fight him and ends up killing him. Romeo is then banished from Verona. Act 3 Scene 2: Juliet longs for night time as Romeo will be coming but The Nurse comes and alerts Juliet of his banishment due to Tybalts death. Juliet speaks of suicide so the Nurse agrees to bring Romeo to her. Act 3 Scene 3: Romeo is hiding with Friar Lawrence and hears about his banishment thinks about how life isn’t worth it without Juliet. When he hears of how distressed Juliet is he too talks about suicide. Friar Lawrence tells him to stop being so weak and he goes to see Juliet. Act 3 Scene 4: Capulet tells Juliet that she has to be married to Paris within three days. Act 3 Scene 5: Romeo and Juliet say their goodbyes and Juliet is told about her marriage from her mother and she refuses because of the hastiness however when her father hears her refusal he is furious. Her nurse tells her to ignore her marriage with Romeo and marry Paris. She goes to Friar Lawrence to seek aid. Act 4 Scene 1: When Juliet goes to meet Paris in front of Friar Lawrence she ignores Paris and then goes to him for help, once again talking about suicide he suggests that she uses a potion that makes her look like she’s dead and once she’s in the crypt she can meet Romeo and they can flee. Act 4 Scene 2: In the Capulet household everyone is busy with plans for the wedding and once Juliet apologises for her behaviour her dad moves the wedding up to the morning after. Act 4 Scene 3: Juliet is alone and is worried that the potion might actually kills or that she might awake in the crypt surrounded by the spirits of the dead especially Tybalt but she ignores these thoughts and drinks the potion. Act 4 Scene 4: It is the morning of the wedding and everyone is doing last minute preparations so Capulet sends the Nurse to wake Juliet. Act 4 Scene 5: The Nurse is unable to awake Juliet so she raises the alarm that she is dead so everyone grieves for her rather than celebrating her wedding. Act 5 Scene 1: Romeo hears the news that Juliet is dead and plans to return to Verona and join her in death, he buys a fast acting poison on the way. Act 5 Scene 2: Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he was unable to deliver his letter to Romeo so Laurence asks for a crow bar so that he can get Juliet and look after her until Romeo can be summoned. Act 5 Scene 3: Paris goes to visit Juliet until he is warned that someone is coming so he hides and sees Romeo with Balthasar until Balthasar is sent away with a letter for Montague although he hides to watch. Romeo breaks in to see Juliet and then Paris confronts Romeo before Romeo kills him. He addresses Juliet who he believes to be dead then drinks the poison killing him instantly. Friar Laurence arrives and Juliet awakens so Laurence begs her to flee as he hears the Watchmen coming however she refuses. She kisses Romeo then stabs herself as the Watchmen appear. Balthasar is arrested and so is the Friar however he tells the story of what has happened which is confirmed by Balthasar and Romeo’s letter. The whole situation means the family agrees to stop their hostility towards each other and create statues for the lovers.

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