Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Early Teen, Late Teen, Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 3, Scene 1
Time & Place
A hot, public street in Verona, Italy, immediately following Mercutio's fatal duel with Tybalt.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Context
In this searing and tragic moment, Mercutio
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No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am pepper’d, I warrant, for this world. A plague a’ both your houses! ’Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! A braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the dev’l came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
Performance Tips
- Resist the urge to play the physical pain
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. The Mask of Wit
- What shifts: The
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