This episode focuses on acts 3-5 of Romeo and Juliet. Our spotlight is on Juliet because, when you read the original play, it’s hard not to think that Juliet DESERVES more of the spotlight than most directors share with her.
Hear about many moments and lines that often don’t make it into productions of the play or feature films. What does that do to our perception of Juliet? Doesn’t it, inevitably, distort her? In Acts 3-5, Juliet lies, shows her strong acting skills, reasons out strategies, longs to have sex with Romeo for about 30 lines, makes jokes (some of them naughty) while in tears and fools her mother, demonstrates clear understanding of theological tenants, and displays masterful rhetorical skills in evading detection with her fiance, Paris. Is this the Juliet you think you’ve seen on stage and screen? If not, you’ll enjoy the inside view we offer into the full scope of Juliet’s talents, and you might be tempted to ask this: Is it okay to cut all or most of Juliet’s lines?
Along the way, we talk to daggers, we defend the human rights of drug dealers, and we find out that Juliet actually wakes up to discover THREE dead men around her tomb.
We are using the Yale Press version of Romeo and Juliet, editor Burton Raffel, 2004.
2014 Live Production of Romeo and Juliet starring Condala Rashad as Juliet and Orlando Bloom as Juliet.
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