ROMEO
&JULIET
The Performers // Educational Plays
SAMPLE
LEVEL-1
Activity B
Read & Answer
Read the following text and answer the comprehension questions.
SHAKESPEARE AND VERONA
In 1595, William Shakespeare became obsessed with the Northern Italian city of Verona, where
his famous play Romeo and Juliet takes place. The descriptions of scenes and buildings within
the play, particularly the houses of the Capulets and Montagues, were based on actual places
and buildings in Verona itself.
Juliet’s house, for example, is believed to be a representation of a house located in Via
Cappello 21/23 near Piazza delle Erbe. It originally dates back to the 12th century and was
owned for a long period by the Dal Cappello family, whose coat-of-arms is carved on one of
the courtyard archways. Naturally, people started identifiying the name ‘Cappello’ with that of
‘Capulet’ and this reinforced the popular belief that this was the home of Juliet, the mythical
heroine of Shakespeare’s play. This belief was encouraged further when restoration work that
took place between 1936 and 1940 added the famous balcony to an interior wall, as well as
windows, and the gothic-style doorway described by Shakespeare. A bronze statue of Juliet by
the sculptor Nereo Costantini was also placed in the courtyard.
Romeo’s house, on the other hand, is thought to have been modelled on a medieval building in
Via Arche Scaligere 4, but it has been neither restored nor opened to the public.
A. How did the city of Verona contribute to the setting of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo & Juliet?
B. Whose house is believed to be located in Via Cappello 22/23?
C. Why did people originally start associating the house with the heroine of Romeo and Juliet?
D. What features were added to the house between 1936 – 1940?
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LEVEL-2
Activity E
Read & Match
Match the phrases in column A and B to recreate the characters' dialogues from the play.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
1. (Romeo) “I hate my name...
A. ...than to stay and die.”
2. (Juliet) “Why must you be,...
B. ...throw me from the tallest tower.”
3. (Romeo) “You are as glorious to
this night over my head...
C. ...will to go.”
4. (Juliet) “Don’t swear by the
moon,...
D. ...this pact with death.”
5. (Romeo) “No ill intentions ...
E. ...as is a messenger of heaven.”
6. (Romeo) “I have more care to
stay than...
F. ...because it is an enemy to you.”
7. (Romeo) “It’s better to part and
live,...
G. ...I’ll give you remedy.”
8. (Friar Laurence) “If you dare,...
H. ...that is always changing.”
9. (Juliet) “Rather than marry Paris,...
I. ...Montague, my enemy.”
10. (Romeo) “Lips seal with a kiss,...
J. ...hide behind my actions.”
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LEVEL-3
Activity D
Listen & Fill in
Listen to song Poison and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
Poison
God knows when we shall meet again.
A faint 1.
runs in my soul
A freezing thrill through my veins is sent
To think my 2.
will be dead cold.
If this mixture does not work,
And tomorrow I must 3.
,
At death’s face will I smirk,
With this 4.
. I choose to be dead.
A poison could it be?
Which the 5.
To cover dishonor,
And his 6.
has made.
be paid?
If I wake before planned,
And cannot breathe in my 7.
If I struggle for air,
And my 8.
come to halt.
I think I see my cousin’s ghost
Romeo, does he 9.
So in the name of love, do I toast,
And this do I 10.
to thee.
BODY
LUNGS
WED
DRINK
DAGGER
FEAR
SINS
VAULT
FRIAR
SEEK
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