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