Mercutio: Friends! Tonight we dance! All cheer.
Benvolio: Great, where at?
Mercutio: At the Capulets!
Benvolio: But we're not invited, are we?
Mercutio: We are now.
Romeo: How? The Capels will make mince meat of us.
Mercutio: The way we always do it, 'Meo-
All: Masked!
Mercutio: We'll go for some wine, some dance, and be off with those Capel cats none the wiser. Least of all my uncle. Everyone to your masks! Let's tear this town.
Benvolio: Hurry, or we'll be too late.
Exit except for Romeo. Rosaline tries to lead him away, but he has frozen. He stays onstage, holding his mask. Enter Death, who slowly approaches him.
Romeo: I fear...too early.
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Romeo and Juliet: The Spectacle Musical
FanfictionIn the beautiful but deadly city of Verona, divided by an ancient hate and torn by power plays, the young heirs of two rival families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love. When their secret love is discovered, the city dissolving into ch...
