Relier Pairs Act I PrologueVersion en ligne Match the lines of the original text with the modern-day translation. par Megan DeRuiter 1 The fearful passage of their death-marked love, 2 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 3 The which if you with patient ears attend, 4 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, 5 Which, but their children’s end naught could remove, 6 Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. 7 What here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. 8 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 9 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 10 A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; 11 Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; 12 Two households, both alike in dignity, 13 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 14 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows The tragic love story If you (the audience) listen well and pay attention, is what you (the audience) will be watching in this 2 hour long play. are fated to be together and will commit suicide; and ongoing family fighting, The kids of these two enemies ended by the death of their children, in Verona, where the story takes place, where civil people are acting uncivilized. Two families of the same social and economic standing, is an old fight that is resurfacing, Their unlucky, tragic actions We (actors) will work to clear up an-ything we left out of this prologue. Will with their death, end the families’ feud.