Romeo And Juliet Theatre Analysis

Attending “An Evening of Culture” at the Blue Valley Northwest Theatre was a very enjoyable experience. I was very entertained by the unique and comedic spin placed on the classic tragedy Romeo & Juliet. While watching the performance, I noticed many similarities and differences to the original play. The changes they incorporated changed the story line just enough to create a more amusing perspective.

One of the changes they made was the performance of about seven shortened scenes instead of the actual 24. This caused the play to be more of a summary rather than the entire story. After the prologue, the play jumped right into a scene where Romeo is speaking to his cousin. In the actual play of Romeo and Juliet, there is an explanation of the

The poison Juliet took was just to make it look like she was dead because she would wake up later, but when Romeo took the same poison he actually died. Even though Romeo was supposed to be dead in this version, the actor started to fall asleep and began snoring which caused a lot of laughter, as it did not make much sense. Juliet then woke up later finding Romeo dead, so she stabbed herself in the chest. In the actual play, Romeo gets his own poison to kill himself when he thinks Juliet is dead. I thought this was hilarious because it did not make any sense at all. In actuality, the whole final scene did not

That is why at the end of the performance no one in the audience got up because no one thought that the play had reached the end yet. The students that were helping with the play had to tell us that the performance was over and we could leave.

Probably one of the biggest differences that no one could miss was Juliet’s mother. In the performance she was African American, which I thought was pretty funny. Although this is a time of equality and all, it does not make sense for a rich family to have an African American as the mother even if it is just a play. Every time she spoke I forgot that she was Lady Capulet because she was not what I pictured. It was also very funny when she and the nurse found Juliet dead and started to cry for a few seconds then acted all normal and just left her there.

Overall I thought that the play was very entertaining and I do not regret going. It was a fun addition to my night and it helped me see Romeo and Juliet in a different light.

See that rhyming I just did, it looks like I am on my way to becoming a professional poet just like Bill