laura linney answers a question

Q: Team Capulet or Team Montague?

A: Oh, my. Team Montague. Because Tybalt is a dick. Charismatic, but a dick.

i carry your heart with me by e. e. cummings

Late that night of the balcony scene, perhaps she goes to her bookshelf to find this poem, she always liked it- now she understands it a bit

Emily Dickinson - I'm nobody

Juliet might have enjoyed this poem. She might have made this video

More advice to the players; don't eat onions right before a performance.      Like many people, this was my first exposure to Romeo and Juliet

I should sleep

Thursday june 14.

as we read tonight , I was taken in by how he wrote for women (well men playing women, no, that's not right..women)

That short scene with Lady Capulet, the Nurse and Juliet-- in just a few lines we know who these women are and what their relationships are.

Again , I am stunned by how smart and sophisticated Juliet is. How sharp her logic is, but she, like everybody is going to make some real bad choices....soon.

I thought more about that moment when Lady Capulet sends the Nurse away only to bring her back two seconds later-- perhaps she picks up on a moment of petulance from Juliet, a sigh or an eye roll, or just a thick quiet-- and at that moment knows that she does not want to face her alone.

The characters are so rich, the story is important, but it takes a back seat to the people.

Ohhhhhh, yeah- same idea of the looooong lines- this is cool because the verses start off short and percussive but after 1:25 (the guitar break) the lines become longer and more complex. And most importantly, the end of the lines are as strong as the start.

I add this because as I listened to it the other day, It dawned on me that it's a good illustration of the looooooooong lines in the play. We have to continue the lines from start to finish.  The opening line of this song goes on and on.