1. Romeo and Juliet By Kathleen Burke Taylor Hardison Emily Greene Brian Lucas

2. Clint Eastwood As The Prince

3. Donald Sutherland As Capulet

4. Natasha Richardson As Lady Capulet

5. Rachel McAdams As Juliet

6. Whoopi Goldberg As The Nurse

7. Ed Westwick As Paris

8. Ian Somerhalder As Tybalt

9. Sidney Poitier As Montague

10. Halle Berry As Lady Montague

11. Corbin Bleu As Romeo

12. Elijah Kelley As Benvolio

13. Paul James As Mercutio

14. Morgan Freeman As Friar Lawrence

15. Prince-Town Sheriff -50s police uniform -Prince is the sheriff of the town where Romeo and Juliet live

16. Capulet -nice suit -cigar -sunglasses

17. Lady Capulet -classy long white dress -smoking a cigarette -hair pulled back

18. Juliet -young girl -has money and is expected to dress nicely -lives in the south where it’s extremely hot

19. Nurse -nurse almost like a nanny -wear maids’ clothes or servants’ clothes

20. Paris -nice suit -wealthy guy from well respected family

21. Tybalt -wealthy and wearing a nice suit -less classy and well dressed than Capulet however -edgier more dangerous look than Capulet’s outfit

22. Montague -working clothes -not as nice as the Capulet outfits -worn and ragged

23. Lady Montague -shabby worn dress

24. Romeo -working clothes for working on a plantation -ragged worn clothes -coming from a poor family, less wealthy than the Capulet-can’t afford the same quality of clothes

25. Benvolio -wearing worker’s clothes similar to Romeo -both work on the plantation together

26. Mercutio -wearing working clothes similar to Romeo and Benvolio -all three are black men working on the plantation and they can’t afford anything better than the basics

27. Friar Lawrence -church robes -lab coat

28. Scene Description

29. Lines 1-144 Benvolio and Mercutio are in the town square and they are walking down the main street, and it is the middle of the day. Mercutio points toward a tavern as he says, “Thou art like one of these follows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps his sword upon the table” Tybalt Petruchio and their men drive down the street in a pick up truck and stop in front of Benvolio and Mercutio. People start to stare at the men because they are shouting. Romeo walks out of one of the shops carrying a bag of cotton and is seen by Tybalt. Mercutio draws pistol. Tybalt draws his pistol. Romeo shoots his gun in the air to try and get Mercutio and Tybalt to stop fighting, but Tybalt hears the shot and thinks that Mercutio shot at him, so he shoots Mercutio. When Mercutio says, “They have made worms’ meat of me” Romeo realizes that Mercutio is injured and throws his gun to the ground in a fit of rage. Tybalt walks up beside Romeo. Romeo turns and threatens Tybalt and then picks up his gun and uses it to shoot Tybalt. Benvolio gives Romeo the keys to his car and tells him to leave.

30. Lines 145-205 People start to form a circle around the crime scene. The prince (sheriff) is the first car to arrive followed by Caplets and Montages cars. The prince signals everyone to quiet. Montague rushes up to the Prince and grabs him and pleads with the prince to side with Romeo.