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Act 1 |
Sunday |
Evening |
The Capulets make ready for their masked ball (masque) |
Act 2 |
Sunday |
Night |
Romeo and Juliet meet and learn they belong to the opposing families of Montague and Capulet. Despite the conflicting loyalties to their families they swear their love for each other and decide to marry |
Act 2 |
Monday |
Morning |
Plans are made for the wedding |
Act 2 |
Monday |
Early Afternoon |
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are married by Friar Laurence |
Act 3 |
Monday |
Late Afternoon |
Benvolio and Mercutio (Montague faction) meet Tybalt (Capulet faction). Mercutio is killed by Tybalt. |
Act 3 |
Monday |
Early Evening |
Romeo revenges the death of Mercutio and kills Tybalt. |
Act 3 |
Monday |
Night |
Prince of Verona banishes Romeo from Verona. |
Act 3 |
Tuesday |
Dawn |
Having spent the night together the lovers, Romeo and Juliet, part |
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Morning |
Juliet refuses her father's wishes to marry Paris and decides she will commit suicide rather than betray Romeo |
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Afternoon |
Friar Laurence advises Juliet to pretend to take poison and fake her death, allowing her to escape to Romeo. Knowing she will escape Juliet "agrees" to marry Paris. Her delighted father brings the wedding forward to Wednesday |
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Night |
Juliet takes the fake potion |
Act 4 |
Wednesday |
Morning |
The Nurse discovers the "dead" Juliet. The Capulet family learn that their daughter Juliet is dead. The wedding preparations are changed to those of a funeral. |
Act 5 |
Wednesday |
Romeo learns of Juliet's death - devastated he plans to return to Verona to see the dead body of Juliet - he plans to commit suicide |
Act 5 |
Thursday |
Evening |
Romeo looks at Juliet in her coffin. Paris sees him, they fight and Paris is killed. Romeo then takes the poison - just as Juliet awakes. Romeo dies and then Juliet stabs herself to death. |
Act 5 |
Thursday |
Evening |
The tragic love story ends as the Montague and Capulet families end their feud |
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