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