Identifier: maudeadamsacting00shakrich (find matches)
Title: Maude Adams acting edition of Romeo and Juliet;
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Adams, Maude, 1872-1953
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Publisher: New York, R. H. Russell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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L. U. E. Enter Capulet,Paris and Guests, L. I E. Capulet. Welcome, gentlemen ! ladies that have their toesUnplagud with corns will have a bout with you,—■Ah ha, my mistresses ! which of you allWill now deny to dance ? she that makes dainty.She, I 11 swear hath corns; am I come near ye now ? ^Enter Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio L,Welcome, gentlemen ! 1 have seen the dayThat I have worn a visor, and could tellA whispering talc in a fair ladys ear.Such as would please ; tis gone, tis gone, tis gone.You are welcome, gentlemen ! Come, musicians, play—A hall, a hall ! give room ! and foot it, girls— \_Mustc phi^s; dance; Capulet upon dais besideLady Capulet.More light, you knaves ! and turn the tables up ;And quench the fire, the room has grown too hot.(Ts Old Capulet.) Ah, sirrah, this unlooked-for sport comes well. (Old Capulet seated, rises to Capulet. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet ; For you and I are past our dancing days ; How long is t now since last yourself and I 30
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ROMEO and JULIET Were in a mask ? Old Capulet. By r Lady, thirty years. Capulet. What, man ! tis not so much,Come Pentecost as quickly as it will.Some five and twenty years. Old Capulet, Tis more, tis more. (Capulet and Old Capulet move up L. H. Romeo. lEnter Serving Man L. I E., crossing to R. To a Serving Man.What lady is that, which doth enrich the handOf yonder knight ? Serving Man. I know not, sir. (C//> to L. of C. and speaks to Lady Capulet.Tybalt enters L. U. E. and passes, at back, to Lady Capulet. Romeo. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright !It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiops ear ;Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!The measure done, I 11 watch her place of stand.And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.Did my heart love till now ? Forswear it, sight!For I neer saw true beauty till this night. (Old Capulet up with Capulet. 31 ROMEO and JULIET Tybalt.\^Down L. C, followed by Serving Man.) This, by his voice, shoul

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