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In this re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers have been saved from tragedy, and are now married with the approval of both their families. Unfortunately, it turns out that both of them preferred forbidden love, and immediately became bored with married life and each other. Romeo hurriedly leaves the house to pursue a day of fun with his friends. Juliet explains her marital misery to her Nurse, who recommends that “feast her eyes on fresh gallants” at her wedding party in
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JULIET: Ay me [yawn]
ROMEO: [half asleep] Was that the lark?
JULIET: It was the luncheon bell.
ROMEO: Oh no! [leaps out of bed] Julie-e-et, where be my blue doublet?
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NURSE: Be merry. Feast thine eyes on fresh gallants; re-kindle loving embers to re-heat thy day-old husband when the feast is o’er
JULIET: I will look, and yet not seek to touch. Thanks Nurse. [Aside] But touched and whetted once before, love’s first keen edge grows dull with use and craves another grinding. [To Nurse] Nurse, what shall I wear?
For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: MacDonald, Ann-Marie. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Vintage Canada, Toronto, Canada, 1998. pp. 53-59.
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