Romeo and Juliet is a classic playwright written by William Shakespeare. Everyone gets the chance to study his work at some point in their career, whether in grade school or in college. On February 24th, I attended the production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Theatre UCF on the UCF main campus. The play ran longer than I initially thought it was going to be. It started at 7:30 P.M. and ended three hours later around 10:30 P.M. Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story of two people who should not fall in love, but end up do. Unfortunately, some lives are lost along the way. Shakespeare utilized tone to convey Romeo and Juliet as a tragic love story. The play itself is very contrasting, on one level the Capulets and …show more content…
As a director, Belinda C. Boyd, took a 1930s approach to the classic Romeo and Juliet. I found that it was very easy to pin point as the actors’ costumes were inspired by the 1930s. There was an announcement at the beginning of the play that mentioned the eighteenth amendment which prohibited the sale of alcohol, this lead to the assumption that the play was set in a speakeasy. In the 1930s, there were no laws that prohibited smoking indoors, therefore many of the actors had costume cigarettes that emitted water vapor to look like smoke. Ultimately, every element was cohesive and matched the theme that Boyd was going for, everything from the set design, to costumes, and makeup. Boyd also staged the play really well. When the Capulets’ had a party in the speakeasy, there were many actors on stage to make it look like an extravagant party that you, as an audience member, wanted to be of attendance. However during fighting scenes, I found it a little distracting with so many actors on stage. Very often I did not know where I should look as there was a lot going on at once. In addition, the actors seemed very comfortable on staged and moved around the set with ease and no mistakes. Overall, Boyd staged her actors in places where it made sense and flowed throughout the entire performance. Furthermore, if the actors do not fit their roles then the whole play can suffer. The Nurse and Benvolio were two actors that stood out to not only
Romeo and Juliet is a play created by a famous playwright called William Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann adapted the play to create a modern version of Romeo and Juliet in 1996. There are many similarities and differences in how Baz Lurhmann and Shakespeare portray the relationship between Juliet and her parents. There are many times in the scene how Shakespeare uses language, structure and form to present the relationship between Juliet and her parents, while Baz Luhrmann reveals this relationship using different camera angles and diegetic and non diegetic sounds and shot types.
Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic love story written by the incomparable William Shakespeare. Many of Shakespeare’s works are considered literary classics, but none are more loved than Romeo and Juliet. This play masterfully tells the love story of two teenagers in Elizabethan England. The title characters Romeo and Juliet are members of two feuding families, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. There are different stylistic ways of portraying Romeo and Juliet, and the two most popular film versions portray two very different styles of this one play. Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet was made in the 1970s, and is the film version most commonly shown in high school classrooms. The newest film version of this play is Baz Luhrmanns
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The story concerns the love between two young people, Romeo and Juliet. This is set against a feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. This feud develops the themes of conflict, deception and dignity in the play. The play includes a lot of themes, love, family, hate, deception and revenge.
Romeo and juliet written in 1595, is one of the most famous plays of the 16th century, set in Verona. It was cleverly written by William Shakespeare, who is one of the most renowned writers of all time and the play was later produced as movie in 1996 staring Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes. The play is still popular as it contains universal themes of love and hate that can still be related to today.
Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare portrays the tragic love story of two “Star-crossed lovers”. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances the two take their lives. Even though there is plenty of blame to go around Romeo is the most responsible for his and Juliet's death because he went where he was forbidden, he was excessively moody and he didn't think anything through.
Romeo and Juliet, a dramatic tragedy written by William Shakespeare about a pair of young star-crossed lovers whose death ultimately harmonises their disputing families. Throughout the play, the two protagonists are shown to be dynamic characters whereby the shift in their personalities is evident by the end of the play. The development and changes to their persona can be seen through the gradual change in the language and actions displayed as the play progresses.
Romeo and Juliet is a highly revered play written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century based off a poem by Arthur Brooke. The play is set in the northern Italian towns of Verona and Mantua during the 1300s, and it follows the romance of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are two young lovers of noble but feuding houses, who after a string of unfortunate events, ultimately kill themselves. Whether their untimely demise was an effect of their own free will or fate is a long and heated debate that has many varied opinions. The downfall of Juliet and Romeo was due to their own actions, as they and those around them made decisions that led to the couple to take their own lives.
The world is driven by two opposing forces: desire and disdain. These emotions, although counteractive, often serve as causations, creating either a hateful love or, more dominantly, a loving hate. Whether it be a passion for a physical entity or a longing for an intangible construct, love can instill a most despising hate that, when severe, can lead to violence or even death. The idea that hate is formed from love is developed in Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. The story details the feud between the ancient enemy households of the Capulets and Montagues and the product of their hate: the downfall of two eponymous star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Through the characters’ apparent love for their kin, Shakespeare illustrates how familial affection ignites an inexplicable hate based on trivial differences and selfish desires, for which the innocent are sacrificed.
“Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare’s play written in 1594, was produced again at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London and directed by Dominic Dromgoogle. The play written about two star-crossed young lovers, whose families are enemies, ends predictably in tragedy. Shakespeare’s Globe Theater was the perfect venue for this production. Romeo, played by Adetomiwa Edun did a wonderful job portraying the new lover who is smitten with a woman, while Juliet, played by Ellie Kendrick, certainly looked the very young fresh-faced innocent teen. The audience seemed very engaged with the actors in this play. Dromgoogle does an excellent job of recreating the high drama in this play with his choice in music to set the change in moods, the costume choices for his cast, his humorous characters (my favorites are the servant Peter and Juliet’s nurse), along with great sword fighting scenes.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare portrays the suspenseful story of two star-crossed lovers. A family feud between the Montague family, Romeo’s side, and the Capulet’s side, Juliet’s side, forbids them to be together when they meet one faithful night. Shakespeare uses an abundance of literary devices to show the theme of love only leads to death and sorrow. He uses similes, oxymora, and foreshadowing. He expresses these three devices through the characters and especially the love between the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare expresses his literary devices through the dialogue between the characters. The dialogue is shared between the main characters to help contrast with the theme.
On the good side though Romeo and Juliet love at first sight could seem to be true and sincere. Firstly, unlike with Rosaline, both are involved and seem to really love each other. Secondly the language they use about each other is very intense and beautiful, for example when Romeo starts to talk about his lips as pilgrims and her body as a shrine. He want to wipe away the sin of touching the shrine with his hand by using his lips instead, referred to as “two blushing pilgrims”. She replies like a well behaved girl by saying that his hand is good but his lips are too much, even though she wants him and agreed to the hand:
Right of the back, The UWG Theater Company involved the audience. They gave a collection of the people in the audience signs indicating whether they were on the Capulets side or the Montagues side. During the play the actors and actresses performances they made it their job to come and interact with the audience. It was clear that some audience interactions was planned but not all of them were; which gave the play a fresh feel. The audience generally did a great on job of being respectful and giving their full attention to the actors and actresses of the play; but there was occasional times when the audience grew bored I am guessing because the
As a group we tried to stay true to the characters. Our version of the play was very similar to the BBC film version of the play that we watched in class. As the film felt like the best portrayal of the characters we thought it that our best shot at keeping the play as relevant as possible would be to stay close to the script and try and re-enact the way the scenes were played out in the film. Our play wasn’t very original but the subtle changes in our version along with our unique acting skills will hopefully highlight some of the key
Many of the acting seem as if they degraded the achievements of these women. The character of Grit seemed as if she was lost half of the time and speaking as if she was a big whining baby; ignoring the fact that she was a heroic mother who did the impossible to protect her children. There were to many distractions and difficulty understanding what certain actors were saying; constantly having to question my friend next to me if she had gotten what they said. The transitions of scenes gave me enough time to have a discussion with my friends to try and tie up the goal of the play. Leaving relieved that the play had ended, I left the theater with a small headache due to the constant voices that were over each other, which felt as if I was taking orders from a busy restaurant in rush hour and all orders were said to me at the same time.
There are numerous factors that influence a shows overall performance, and the audience becomes the observer and critic as the act plays through. For instance, I found the lighting to be a nice detail that used distinguishing colors for each character and their moods. This provided the audience a way to follow along with the story. It allowed me to see what type of emotion the characters were feeling at that moment. This play touched on such a heavy topic that I