Scene 5.3: Possible Props/Staging

Possible Props:

• Dagger (Juliet)
• Bed/Tomb area
• Poison (Romeo)
• Potion (Juliet)

Possible Staging:

• Juliet taking Poison: Juliet sitting on Bed/Tomb with Dagger, Potion

Says lines while gesturing to Dagger, Potion

Drinks Potion, falls onto Bed/Tomb

Does not move while Romeo says his lines

• Romeo dragging Paris in: Invisible object he is dragging, Talking to himself/audience?

Leaves Paris when he sees Juliet on Bed/Tomb

Says his lines, sitting next to Juliet, looking at her, touching as necessary

Takes Poison, falls onto Bed/Tomb, lying next to Juliet

• Juliet killing herself: Wakes up to see Romeo lying next to her

Calls out to emptiness of Tomb but does not get out of Bed/Tomb or out of her position

Says lines to Romeo/audience?

Uses Dagger to kill herself, falls back onto Bed/Tomb next to Romeo