Fan Faction: Romeo and Juliet

Ext. Garden – Night

Romeo creeps around CLUMSILY through the Capulet Garden. He stops when he reaches
the base of Juliet’s balcony. He picks up a stone to toss at her window, but the
lights of a room downstairs in the house come on. VOICES rise.
Romeo ducks down between some bushes. While he is hiding underneath Juliet’s
balcony ENTER JULIET with friend EMILIA in conversation.

JULIET – What a lovely night.

EMILIA- Pray me! Juliet look at the moon.

JULIET – Oh my…

EMILIA – Sorry you must forgive me… you were saying?

JULIET – Yes, I met a boy!

EMILIA – A boy?

JULIET – Yes at my father’s ball.

EMILIA – Surely you must tell me his name Juliet!

JULIET - Romeo…
From in the bushes Romeo peeks his head out. The lights and VOICES from
downstairs have gone. The girl’s conversation has his interest.

EMILIA – My fair cousin, what shall you do about Paris? You know your father has
sworn your hand to marriage to him.
Juliet hangs her head.

JULIET - Perhaps…

EMILIA – You know he’d never budge.

JULIET - I know cousin, it shouldn’t help matters at all that the name my heart
beats for belongs to mine father’s only enemy.

EMILIA – Surely you can’t mean-

JULIET – Yes… Montague.

EMILIA – The scoundrell!

JULIET – Emilia! You shouldn’t say such a thing! He is rather sweet.

EMILIA – Your father will not approve of this one bit.

JULIET – Oh surely you mustn’t speak a word of this to anyone!

EMILIA – And what exactly is in it for me?

JULIET – What do you mean?

EMILIA – Certainly you cannot expect me to keep such news to my self without some
sort of compensation.

JULIET – My nerves! What would you like?

EMILIA pauses for a moment and thinks.

EMILIA – I am not sure I should keep such a serious issue from your father.

JULIET Emilia… No! You cannot-

A VOICE calls from within the house.

OFFSTAGE VOICE – Emilia, your father has arrived.

EMILIA – I am sorry dear cousin, I must be off.

EMILIA kisses JULIET’S cheek, while JULIET continues to plead with her.

JULIET – So you won’t say anything right?

EMILIA walks off the balcony and into the house pretending not to hear JULIET’S
last request. JULIET turns around in disgust and lets her head hang over the
railing of the balcony in defeat. ROMEO looks up to see her and ducks into the
shadows out of sight. The windows in the house have come on again and
silhouettes can be seen through the windows.

JULIET – O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

ROMEO slightly perks his head to this.

ROMEO - Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

JULIET - is but thy name that is my enemy.
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name
Belonging to a man.

ROMEO musters up the courage to finally say something and just as he is about to
speak.

A VOICE FROM WITHIN – What?! A Montague?

JULIET jerks her head up, wide-eyed and dashes into her room. ROMEO, wide-eyed
runs off stage.

Fade to black.

(by Brianna Larivey)