Romeo and Juliet (Modern English)
adapted by Craig Mason from Shakespeare
A modern English one act version of Shakespeare's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers.
About 40 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
7 M | 2 W | 3 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Interior and Exterior
28 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Romeo and Juliet (Modern English) can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of Romeo and Juliet (Modern English) may be Livestreamed.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance is a traditional performance that is livestreamed to the Internet as the actors are performing. Instead of watching the show live in the theatre, the audience watches virtually from their home or other location.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance may be pre-recorded. Recordings for pre-recorded Livestreams may be made if the recording is destroyed at the conclusion of the production. Should the producing organization want to retain the recording for archival purposes, they must purchase a separate Videorecording License from Theatrefolk.
Theatrefolk charges no additional fees for permission to Livestream. However, BookTix will charge nominal fees to the producing organization. Theatrefolk does not have any financial interest in BookTix and does not receive any commission or fees from BookTix.
Theatrefolk cannot be held responsible for any issues, technical, financial, legal, or otherwise, arising from the producing organization’s relationship with BookTix.
Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
One license, three ways to use it
Each royalty you purchase can be used as a Traditional Live Stage Performance, Virtual Performance, or Livestream Performance. How you choose to use your performance license is up to you! Performances need not all be of the same type so long as the total number of performances given does not exceed the total number of performances ordered.
How to Order
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Allow your students to get a grasp of the story before they have to tackle the Elizabethan language.
Does your drama club perform for grade school or family audiences? Try this retelling of Romeo and Juliet. The son and daughter of rivals fall in love, causing the age-old grudge between the families to resurface. It is a universal story, and Shakespeare's best-known work.
Our version gives an overview of the story and offers a lively introduction to the play.
Characters
12
7 Men, 2 Women, 3 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
The Montagues
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Romeo
[M]
71 lines
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Benvolio
[M]
31 lines
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Mercutio
[M]
26 lines
Others
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Narrator
[A]
24 lines
- One Monologue
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Friar Laurence
[M]
1 line
- One Monologue
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The Prince of Verona
[M]
4 lines
- Two Monologues
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Mantua Newsie
[A]
15 lines
The Capulets
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Capulet
[M]
30 lines
- One Monologue
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Juliet
[W]
44 lines
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Nurse
[W]
23 lines
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Tybalt
[M]
9 lines
- One Monologue
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Messenger
[M]
52 lines
- Subgenres
- Adaptation Shakespeare Theatre for young audiences
- Settings
- 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Dress
- Period costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Children Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Tableau Dance Stage combat
- Set
- Simple set
- Cautions
- Onstage murder
- Themes
- Death Love Parenting/Family Relationships Obedience Suicide Revenge
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- Shakespeare
- Other uses
- Class work Scene work
Prop List
List, Swords, Vial of poison, Dagger
Related Titles
Purchase Orders accepted from US and Canadian Schools.
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.
Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.
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About 40 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
7 M | 2 W | 3 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Interior and Exterior
28 pages