There’s a lot of comedy in R&J. It’s not specified explicitly in the text, but there’s a lot of subtext to work with, and a ton of room for interpretation.
Nowhere in the play does it state that the friar uses a Bible to block the kids from kissing, but in the version I was in, that was a directorial decision, and it always got a laugh. And it was apropos to the scene.
There’s a lot of comedy in R&J. It’s not specified explicitly in the text, but there’s a lot of subtext to work with, and a ton of room for interpretation.
Nowhere in the play does it state that the friar uses a Bible to block the kids from kissing, but in the version I was in, that was a directorial decision, and it always got a laugh. And it was apropos to the scene.