Romeo and Juliet at
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
By: Caren Penarrieta

The play I watched Romeo and Juliet preformed in the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in 2009. The play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare is about two lovers from rival families, the Montagues and Capulets. They are involved in something like a gang war. The families are rivals, Romeo and Juliet can't marry each other. So Juliet is told to take a potion that will make her appear dead so Romeo can break her out of the tomb and then run away with her. Romeo breaks into the tomb, but doesn't know she's actually alive, and kills himself. Juliet then wakes up and kills herself because Romeo committed suicide. When they are both found dead the Montagues and the Capulets …show more content…
The set was very interesting; this was the first time I have seen a theatre play. The stage ha two levels the main stage and it had stairs that connected to the stage set above which was just the balcony scene. The way the audience was set around the stage was all around. The lighting was very good because in a way it would set the mood. The director makes great use of the large, visually attractive Globe Theatre stage with minimal use of props so the attention was not taken off the actors. Entrances and exits are seamless with subtle hints showing changes of venue. The fights, accompanied by extremely loud drums, take over the large stage, powerfully reminding the audience of the obstacles to the lovers' happiness. The costumes were very good you can tell who had money and who didn’t the details in the costumes were very good and it really made you feel you were there. Music enhances the production from the opening, delivered in song, through the drums accompaniment to the fights, to the final song and dance performed by the whole company following the conclusion of the play. Throughout, the shifting moods of young love and sorrow are showed by soft music. The music in a way lead the play go along and made it more …show more content…
Ellie Kendrick's Juliet is a refreshingly innocent young girl whose moods change in an instant. She delivers her lines with feeling and an almost childlike quality, although in some parts I found her rapid somewhat breathy speech a little difficult to follow. Penny Layden as Nurse was very good. She kept making the audience laughing and you can see the connection relationship she has Juliet and she would make the audience laugh by the way she would act and her face expressions. The borderline between the comedic and dramatic aspects of Shakespeare's tragedy, there is a remarkable character that brings both liveliness and passion to the stage and that character is Mercutio, played by the exuberant and extremely talented Philip Cumbus. Mercutio's personality as depicted by Phillip Cumbus is a key attribute in the play, providing the production with its twisted, perverted, and comedic humor. Phillip Cumbus overall stage presence matches perfectly with his colorful and playful attire, consisting of a bright yellow shirt and noticeable stripes. The long standing conflict between the two families that always underlies the story of the lovers is well conveyed by the rash boldness of the young men on both