No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

ACT 1, SCENE 2
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ROMEO
BENVOLIO
ROMEO
BENVOLIO
ROMEO
PETER
ROMEO
PETER
ROMEO
PETER
Peter assumes
Romeo means he
doesn't know his
letters,
ROMEO
The plantain leaf is excellent for that. ----­
For what, Romeo?
For when you cut your shin.
What? Romeo, are you crazy?
The plantain leaf
was thought to
have healing
powers,
I'm not crazy, but I'm tied up tighter than a mental
patient in a straitjacket. I'm locked up in a prison and
deprived of food. I'm whipped and tortured-(to
PETER) Good evening, good fellow.
May God give you a good evening. Excuse me, sir, do
you know how to read?
I can read my own fortune in my misery.
Perhaps you've learned from life and not from books.
But please tell me, can you read anything you see?
Yes, if! know the language and the letters.
I see. Well, that's an honest answer. Have a nice day.
Stay, fellow. I can read. (he reads the letter)
"Signor Martino and his wife and daughters,
Count Anselme and his beautiful sisters,
Vitruvio's widow,
Signor Placentio and his lovely nieces,
Mercutio and his brother Valentine,
My uncle Capulet and his wife and daughters,
My fair niece Rosaline and Livia,
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