Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Juliet comes out onto the balcony. Jade: (happy) Romeo, oh Romeo! Mr G.: Huh?! No, no, no Jade …, we rehearsed this, she’s not happy. She’s sad. She’s in love with an enemy, Romeo’s a Montague … remember? Jade: Oh yeah. I’ll do it again. Mr G.: Positions please! Juliet’s bedroom light comes on. Ross: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Juliet comes out on the balcony Jade: (her hands in her hair, very melodramatic) Romeoooo, … Oooh Romeoooo! Mr G.: No, no, no, Jade! Not so sad … You see she’s happy to be in love, but she’s sad that it’s with the enemy. Jade: Happy and sad? How do I act that? Mr G.: (sighs) Just continue please … Jade: (trying to remember her lines) Er … er … um. Mr G.: You haven’t learned your lines, have you Jade! Prompt: (prompting) Wherefore. Jade: Oh yeah, (looking into the dark) … Where are you, Romeo? Prompt: Wherefore art thou Romeo? Jade: Oh yeah, I remember. (says her lines fast with no emotion) Romeo-oh-Romeo-wherefore-art thou Romeo, is that right? Ross: (takes off his hat and throws it down) This is hopeless! I quit! Mr G.: I’m sorry, Jade, please come down off the balcony. Jade: But sir …! I’m Juliet! Ross: Not anymore! Jade: This is sooo unfair! Jade storms off stage. Mr G.: Stage manager, where’s the understudy? Blossom: She’s still in costume and make-up, sir. I’ll get her. Blossom runs off stage. Mr G.: Let’s not waste time. Dancers! Let’s rehearse your dance! Lights up! Music! Elizabethan lute music starts and the dancers go through their steps for a few minutes. Mr G.: Very good, dancers! Excellent! Blossom returns pulling a very shy Deva in costume with a veil over her face. Deva: (to Blossom) … I haven’t got my glasses! Blossom: Huh? Where are they? Deva: I took them off in the make-up room, and when I went to put them on, they weren’t there! Blossom: I bet Jade stole them! Deva: … I can’t see a thing! Blossom: Oh my God! How will you read the script? Deva: How will I find the balcony! Ross: Sir, maybe we can try the scene with the kiss this time? Mr G.: Why not, Ross. Positions please, cast. A final read-through of the balcony scene. 101 12 one hundred and one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv