ROMEO AND JULIET
By William Shakespeare; Adapted By John Hardy
Production Details
This adaptation is loyal to the original script while reducing the number of
actors necessary and reducing the running time of the play.
- 12 Actors. Four actors double in their roles. Some roles are a combination of two or more roles. (See below for cast list.)
- One hour and forty five minutes of stage time; two hours with intermission.
A fast and furious adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Cuts, changes, and
rewrites of the original have been notated throughout the adaptation enabling
the actors and director to see exactly where something has been cut, changed
or re-written.
Characters/Doubling
- CHORUS/PRINCE OF VERONA (the actor doubles as AN APOTHECARY)
- ROMEO
- MONTAGUE/LADY MONTAGUE (female) (the actor doubles as PETER)
- BENVOLIO
- JULIET
- CAPULET
- LADY CAPULET
- TYBALT (the actor doubles as FRIAR JOHN)
- JULIET'S NURSE
- PETER (the actor doubles as MONTAGUE/LADY MONTAGUE)
- MERCUTIO
- COUNT OF PARIS
- FRIAR LAURENCE (the actor doubles as FIRST CITIZEN)
- FRIAR JOHN (the actor doubles as TYBALT)
- AN APOTHECARY (the actor doubles as CHORUS/PRINCE OF VERONA)
- FIRST CITIZEN (the actor doubles as FRIAR LAURENCE)
- MASKERS, GUESTS, GENTLEWOMEN, SUPPORTERS OF THE MONTAGUE AND CAPULET HOUSES (Ensemble)
Royalty Fees
- First two performances: $75 each
- Subsequent performances: $50 each
