Hello Everyone! I thought I should stick this in first to explain this
ummm.story to everyone. What follows is the results of my very twisted
imagination. ^_^ Being bored, I decided Shakespeare needed to be updated a
bit.in a grand musical comedy sort of way (set in the 1960's). I changed
the characters names slightly pulling off endings, inverting names (i.e-
Romeo Montague Becomes Rome EuGatnom) I'm sure it won't be too hard to
follow. I have to thank my friends Rebecca and Shannon who helped me with
some ideas in this story.
Cast of characters:
ABRA servant to EuGatnom. BENVOLINA nephew to Eugatnom, and friend to Rome. CLOWN servent to Telupac EUGATNOM, TELUPAC, heads of the two quarreling houses HERBALIST LAWRENCE Rome's father JULIE daughter to TELUPAC. MERCUTI Mayors nephew, and friend to Rome. Nurse to Juliet. (NURSE) LADY EUGATNOM wife to Eugatnom. LADY TELUPAC wife to Telupac. PARI Julie's avid suitor PETER! servant to Juliet's nurse. ROME son to EuGatnom Three Musicians. (First Musician) (Second Musician) (Third Musician) TYBAL nephew to Lady Telupac SAMPSO ,GREGOR , servants to Telupac.
SCENE Verona, Canada, Woodstock.
Peter! And Benvolina Featuring Rome and Julie
FADE IN
1 EXT, TOWNE SQUARE-DAY 1
NARRARATOR-average looking man in clean suit.
2 TIGHT ON NARRARATOR 2
NARRARATOR (dryly)
Two households both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
3 ZOOM OUT SLOWLY, AS NARRARATOR CONTINUES TO READ 3
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death marked love, and the continuance of their parents' rage, which but their children's end nought could remove, is now the two hours traffic of our stage. (hurried, cars is heard in background) The which if you with patient ears attend, what here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. (NARRARATOR dives out of the way as car drives by)
4 CUT TO POV OF DRIVER 4
(DRIVER turns and sees NARRARATOR yelling, see people inside car laughing)
5 HELICOPTER SHOT STEADY ON CARS (TELUPAC) 5
BEGIN TITLES
BEGIN BACKGROUND MUSIC (Beep Beep by the Playmates)
PIP OPEN TOP LEFT
1 EXT MOVIE SET-Day 1
DIRECTOR ambiguous figure wearing a tattered beret shrouding eyes, talking to BAGEL BOY skinny adolescent with cracking voice
2 STRAIGHT ON DIRECTOR AND BAGEL BOY 2
BAGEL BOY
The actors are complaining about the plain bagels!
DIRECTOR
Well I can't afford raisins! Much less blueberries!
BAGEL BOY
But-(pushed off camera by a PRODUCER)
PRODUCER
(breathless) Director! Tybal quit!
DIRECTOR
That fickle Tybal, too late to hire a new actor, (under breath) besides we're overbudget already, (normally) someone will have to fill in for him. Hey you (points randomly to the actor playing MERCUTI) you're Tybal now
MERCUTI
But, but I already play.
DIRECTOR
Hush peon, (claps twice) Take him away Bagel Boy
ENTER BAGEL BOY (forcibly drags away a struggling MERCUTI)
MERCUTI
(Shouts dramatically as he's dragged away) I don't wanna be Tybal! I'm Mercuti! (voice fades out)
EXIT MERCUTI AND BAGEL BOY
DIRECTOR
Well, he'll just have to be both (bites his bagel savagely)
2 FADE OUT 2
PIP CLOSE
Cast of characters:
ABRA servant to EuGatnom. BENVOLINA nephew to Eugatnom, and friend to Rome. CLOWN servent to Telupac EUGATNOM, TELUPAC, heads of the two quarreling houses HERBALIST LAWRENCE Rome's father JULIE daughter to TELUPAC. MERCUTI Mayors nephew, and friend to Rome. Nurse to Juliet. (NURSE) LADY EUGATNOM wife to Eugatnom. LADY TELUPAC wife to Telupac. PARI Julie's avid suitor PETER! servant to Juliet's nurse. ROME son to EuGatnom Three Musicians. (First Musician) (Second Musician) (Third Musician) TYBAL nephew to Lady Telupac SAMPSO ,GREGOR , servants to Telupac.
SCENE Verona, Canada, Woodstock.
Peter! And Benvolina Featuring Rome and Julie
FADE IN
1 EXT, TOWNE SQUARE-DAY 1
NARRARATOR-average looking man in clean suit.
2 TIGHT ON NARRARATOR 2
NARRARATOR (dryly)
Two households both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
3 ZOOM OUT SLOWLY, AS NARRARATOR CONTINUES TO READ 3
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death marked love, and the continuance of their parents' rage, which but their children's end nought could remove, is now the two hours traffic of our stage. (hurried, cars is heard in background) The which if you with patient ears attend, what here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. (NARRARATOR dives out of the way as car drives by)
4 CUT TO POV OF DRIVER 4
(DRIVER turns and sees NARRARATOR yelling, see people inside car laughing)
5 HELICOPTER SHOT STEADY ON CARS (TELUPAC) 5
BEGIN TITLES
BEGIN BACKGROUND MUSIC (Beep Beep by the Playmates)
PIP OPEN TOP LEFT
1 EXT MOVIE SET-Day 1
DIRECTOR ambiguous figure wearing a tattered beret shrouding eyes, talking to BAGEL BOY skinny adolescent with cracking voice
2 STRAIGHT ON DIRECTOR AND BAGEL BOY 2
BAGEL BOY
The actors are complaining about the plain bagels!
DIRECTOR
Well I can't afford raisins! Much less blueberries!
BAGEL BOY
But-(pushed off camera by a PRODUCER)
PRODUCER
(breathless) Director! Tybal quit!
DIRECTOR
That fickle Tybal, too late to hire a new actor, (under breath) besides we're overbudget already, (normally) someone will have to fill in for him. Hey you (points randomly to the actor playing MERCUTI) you're Tybal now
MERCUTI
But, but I already play.
DIRECTOR
Hush peon, (claps twice) Take him away Bagel Boy
ENTER BAGEL BOY (forcibly drags away a struggling MERCUTI)
MERCUTI
(Shouts dramatically as he's dragged away) I don't wanna be Tybal! I'm Mercuti! (voice fades out)
EXIT MERCUTI AND BAGEL BOY
DIRECTOR
Well, he'll just have to be both (bites his bagel savagely)
2 FADE OUT 2
PIP CLOSE