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"fruitless".
Tie next scene (11.5 - I-iis^ AnGerson's III.3; wa^
Caoulet fs uaiooii, ove^lookin, Verona, pai^tua ,y Ha.es
Graven - the ^e. York pron.jt-copy si.o s in ground-plan a
scene set to approximately a third of the stage's c'eoth,
ith a iouiitain st- ;e ri,: ht, e tree ith a be*^: do, u
centre and £ suncial, < ith another bench upst; ,_e on the
prompt side. A ili.ht jf steps is in ic; too ;t ti o b^ck,
to the (st^.e) left of the tree. Lytton considered the byplay
of Juliet and the Nurse "good in all particulars", uut
die not give any specific points, contenting himself -..ith
the observation that i4rs Stirling; • v; riec nearly all the
details of t ; e pa rt as last periorieo by her .it:., ms.;
Teri-y". The Letv York book incic^tus one pi-^co of business
l jr the uurse: ;ith TrLore, ho my he; a aches!" (i~,i etc.) she
dip,;jd her hf: mike re. iei i- the fount; iji. Tie s;- : .ie source
has Juliet pause, and "or., o, hiu^ i\ ce n ..-hen the old uoiii.-u
tells hoi- '-'Th re stays a husband to make y u a \ ifo" (o^,j.
Humphreys noted th. t the final line - "hie to i.i^h forttaie!
honest imrsu, fare ..ell" - vts spoken by Juliet "aancin, .
off cr^ iug shrilly and oeei'iu'ly .ich her lest touch ji
^irlish inoulsivcness", ^nothj •. e Y >rk pro. .pt-c->py inc. icatos
tjiat she ran ti\roi,; h th^ garden ^c-.t^ - downst-. ^c on the .i-o.'.i.
sioe in the ground olaa - and o; used to "kiss t rMU, h Oct.. n .
'i'iie dt L c* f ounc the , aiety ol Juliet afxecood, r.nd ocott ,.ati
olso aiss; tisiiea:
...the scenes ith the Nurse, with ell ti.oir
li,_,ht-Lecrtca, girlish tricks, l.or ,-etL.iu^, l,er
: >utiri;_, and her comedy.... e fine her.; tn
aci :-So imitating hat a ^irl in sucn a sitt.-: -ion
mi^ht do, not doiu^ .h;.t a e,irl uncioubtuuly docs.
Tliij is he. rc.ly tn illu'iia tin^ co::v.--i.t - upozi vhat e
does Jcott .oresuz:7e to c istin^uish b..t eea the posjio
and actualities of :; !• enly b^iavi:-u^? ± 11 ^11^61-. j f s
of the scene had sho..n "no little i rt" ,^_^_ - !- .:...--..;'-^; M^ hoc.
bue_. "aninii t-^c. ana ^r: cefu!" (r..-.c.' j £ nc; "aicli and i;itc3iin. "
(Vanity Fair). Critics oi i:iut3 Aiicorajn n /oe< ^ certain
iusii'.c,.ilty in-, this pa.t ol her oerfonv ...jo - ie,. i -jund h .r
"fcoyriess" to be a^ irresistible" as T-..O London Fi, ,ai'-- clai .