Romeo and Juliet Magic Hands

Hello! Come on, everybody, take a seat.

Woo!

ALL: Hello!

Wiggle your fingers and cross your feet.

Are you ready?

One, two, three, watch me.

Four, five, six, I've got some tricks.

Seven, eight, nine, it's almost time.

Ten!

ALL: Magic hands!

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Magic Hands!

BOTH: Hello.

My name is...

And my name is...

Look at what my hands can do.

Do you know who that is?

It's William Shakespeare,

he was a very famous writer and poet.

His clothes look really old-fashioned.

Yes, that's because he was born

over 400 years ago.

But look, he's got a rose.

A sweet smelling rose.

That reminds me of the play Shakespeare wrote,

called Romeo and Juliet.

It's about a girl and a boy who fall in love.

The trouble is, their families don't like each other at all,

and that's going to make it really hard for them to be friends.

The two families in the story are called

the Montagues and the Capulets.

And they live in Verona, which is in Italy, where pizzas come from.

The man who runs the town of Verona is a prince,

and it's his job to tell the families off

when they start fighting.

The poor guy must be really busy.

The Montagues and the Capulets

have been arguing for years.

-Are you ready, Simon?

-Sure am. Are you ready?

Rebellious subjects.

Enemies to peace.

Profaners of this

neighbour-stained steel.

Will they not hear? What, ho!

You men, you beasts.

That quench the fire

of your pernicious rage,

with purple fountains

issuing from your veins.

DOG BARKS

On pain of torture,

from those bloody hands

throw your mistempered

weapons to the ground,

and hear the sentence

of your moved prince.

Three civil brawls,

bred of an airy word,

by thee, old Capulet,

and Montague,

have thrice disturbed

the quiet of our streets

and made Verona's ancient citizens

cast by their grave-beseeming

ornaments

to wield old partisans

in hands as old,

cankered with peace,

to part your cankered hate

If ever

you disturb our streets again,

your lives shall pay the forfeit

of the peace.

Not longer after their families get this ticking off,

Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time.

And it's at a fancy dress party.

It is love at first sight.

However, Romeo finds out Juliet is a Capulet.

And Juliet that Romeo is a Montague.

Their families hate each other so much,

it means they can never be friends.

But, Romeo won't give up.

He goes to try and find Juliet after the party,

and sees her on her balcony.

But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east,

and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun.

And kill the envious moon

who is already sick

and pale with grief

that thou, her maid,

art far more fair than she.

It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

Romeo isn't alone.

Juliet is also madly in love with him.

She's upset that she can't be his friend,

because of their names.

She thinks what people and things are called

shouldn't matter.

This is where the rose comes in.

You're up next. Off you go.

Watch out for the rose!

O, Romeo, Romeo!

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name,

or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

and I'll no longer be a Capulet.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy,

thou art thyself,

though not a Montague.

What's a Montague?

It's nor hand, nor foot,

nor arm, nor face

nor any other part belonging to a man.

O, be some other name!

What is in a name?

That which we call a rose

by any other name would smell as sweet.

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,

retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title.

Romeo doff thy name,

and for that name which is no part of thee

take all myself.

It's such a shame their families don't like each other.

People often argue about silly things.

Sometimes it makes sense to just say sorry, and forgive each other!

If the Montagues and Capulets had done that,

then there would have been no problem for Romeo and Juliet.

I think I need some roses to cheer me up.

Oh!

THEY LAUGH

-Bye-bye!

-Bye.

Magic hands!

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