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