There are many different ways to interpret and perform Shakespeare’s plays. Watch the videos and decide how you would perform the three scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet is a play about love, fighting and the idea that the character’s lives, and their deaths, are somehow already decided. In Shakespeare’s day, the stage would have been bare, the props few, and the lighting would depend upon the weather. Theatres were open air and the plays were held in daylight.
Nowadays, Shakespeare’s plays are interpreted in many different ways on stage and screen. Directors and their production teams make choices on how they want to stage the play and how the characters will deliver their lines. The decisions they make can often change how the audience think and feel about the play and the characters in it.
Let’s look at three scenes and explore the possibilities for an exciting and unforgettable performance of Romeo and Juliet.