14th May 2018 — Bryce
Act 1 scene 3 rewrite
LADY CAPULET and the NURSE enter.
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LADY CAPULET
Nurse, where’s my daughter? Tell her to come to me.
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NURSE
I swear to you by my virginity at age twelve, I already told her to come. Come on! Where is she? What is she doing? What, Juliet!
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JULIET enters.
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5 | JULIET
What is it? Who’s calling me?
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NURSE
Your mother.
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JULIET
Madam, I’m here. What do you want?
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LADY CAPULET
I’ll tell you what’s the matter—Nurse, leave us alone for a little while. We must talk privately—Nurse, come back here. I just remembered, you can listen to our secrets. You know how young my daughter is.
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NURSE
Yes, I know her age down to the hour.
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LADY CAPULET
She’s not even fourteen.
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NURSE
I’d bet fourteen of my own teeth—but, I’m sorry to say, I only have four teeth—she’s not fourteen. How long is it until
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LADY CAPULET
Two weeks and a few odd days.
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