Prime Time 4, Coursebook

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet The play “The Understudy” is about a school production of Romeo and Juliet , one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays and probably one of the most famous plays in the world. What do you know about Romeo and Juliet ? Tick what you think is right. 1. Romeo and Juliet is a comedy. history. tragedy. 2. In the original version Juliet is 16 18 13 years old. 3. The most famous scene involves a castle. balcony. beach. 4. The story takes place in Ireland. Italy. France. Meet the cast In the school’s stage performance of a Shakespeare play there are five main characters. Guess their roles and character descriptions. 1 56d7p8 Info The understudy at a play is the person who learns the part of another actor in case someone gets ill. i 2 The Understudy – a play New things • William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet • Performing a play • The world of theatre • Pronunciation: Sentence stress • so/such Unit 12 A Deva B Blossom C Jade Chapman D Ross E Mr Gillespie honest, loyal self-centred, always hungry pretty, lazy, angry loves Shakespeare shy, bright, romantic dreams of being an actor stage manager plays Juliet drama teacher plays Romeo the director of the play understudy for the role of Juliet Deva’s friend 95 ninety-five Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv