Directors Notes Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet :: Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Theatre Essays

Directors Notes Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and JulietFollowing our breif meeting yesterday, I thought you may apreciatesome extra data about Act 3 Scene 5. I belive you are stillunsure on some of the lines so I hope you give bob up the followinginstructions helpful.Firstly it may help if I explain how this scene fits into the goldbrick asa whole. This is an important scene as it shows Juliets kinshipwith her father, her fathers status in the play and Juliets views onhow she is treated as a child in the sixteenth century. Before thisscene happens Tybalt a member of the Capulet family is killed by aMontague, this causes a lot of stress in the Capulet household andwhen Capulet enters Juliets room he notices that she is crying,Capulet thinks this is because of Tybalt being killed but the auditionwill know that this is because of your marriage to Paris. later on thisscene there will be a great deal of tension between you and Capulet.I feel this scene is very important as it shows the d eterioration ofJuliet and Capulets relationship. I think that Shakespeare includedthis scene in the play because if it is acted correctly then it will drive home a huge impact on the audience.The stage will be quite simmilar to the sixteenth century stage, itwill just be updated for recent technology, it will have the samebasic bodily structure including the two pillars in the middle of the stage,also the audience will still be sitting around the outside of thestage. The ceiling will not be the same ornate celing, it will be veryplain as this is where the lighting and special effects will comefrom, also the ceiling will be higher as this way it will not benoticed as part of the scenery. The back of the stage will still havethe stairway in the centre but the surroundings will be plain and moremodern. I have chosen this setting for the play as I feel the role ofCapulet will be stronger in a modern day setting. This will be becausea modern day audience will think that the way Capulet treats Julietand Lady Capulet is not fair and I feel this will have a huge impacton the play as a whole.As Capulet enters the room this will be a great entrance as he needsto be seen with great power, so there will be a loud slamming of adoor as he enters and walks towards you. Capulet needs to be noticed