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Stereotypes In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In 2014, shake&stir presented a unique and modern take on one of the most loved and famous Shakespeare plays Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet explores the lives of two rebellious teens that fall hopelessly in love with each other the moment they meet ignoring the fact that their families are enemies. The two star crossed lovers get married and as a result, end up dying. Nelle Lee, the writer for this specific production kept the original Shakespearean text the same throughout the play. Lee included a few off text lines, for example bribing the Nurse with a packet of lollies and conversing with the audience in certain parts. By doing this it makes it more entertaining and humorous for modern day audiences as some don’t enjoy or understand the language and aims of Shakespeare’s plays . …show more content…

Matthew Walsh played the most characters; Mercutio, Nurse, Friar Laurence and Capulet. For each character he played he had a different physicality about him and tone of voice, both being very effective for the characters. When Matt played the Nurse, his voice was extremely high pitched and he waddled along when he walked. This was effective as it was amusing to the audience and it portrayed an old, large lady well. But when Matt was playing Mercutio, he had a different stance; he was more laid back, feminie like and jumpy, by this Mercutio came across very entertaining. For when Capulet was played, he came across very posh and had an intimidating effect in the way he held himself and used his voice in a very calm yet strong way. As for Danielle, she played Juliet, Prince and Tybalt. Her characteristics for Juliet very much resembled a young twelve year old girl in which was effective as in the original text, Juliet is quite young. She portrayed Juliet very naïve and made her voice high pitched to show a young Juliet. Danielle’s characterisation of Juliet especially made it easier for a

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