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Tasks: Romeo and Juliet: The Balcony Scene

This task challenges you to keep the core content and main message of The Balcony Scene, while completely changing the setting and context!

Perhaps you want to watch a traditional performance of the balcony scene, before you start to compose your own? This performance is by the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring Mariah Gale as Juliet and Sam Troughton as Romeo. It was filmed in the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010.

Balcony Scene Mashups!

Choose one of the following or make up your own. Collaborate in groups, unleash your creativity and make use of helpful digital tools and devices.

Love in the time of emojis

Recreate your version of this scene as a series of text messages between Romeo and Juliet. If you want to make it look authentic, try using a programme like Fake HQ.

Romeo and Juliet star in your favourite TV-series

Transport the scene to the familiar surroundings of your favourite TV-series. Feel free to adapt the language and even the personalities of the two protagonists to suit your choice.

Juliet as "The Bachelorette"

It is the final episode of yet another nail-biting season of "The Bachelorette". We have called it: The Proposal...

Today's Top Story: Teen idols Romeo and Juliet's secret first kiss

Make a short video recording for Gossip Magazine's Instagram account, about their top story of the day.

Love at first bite/fright!

What would the balcony scene look like in a vampire blockbuster movie or during a zombie apocalypse?

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Romeo and Juliet: The Balcony Scene

The most famous scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is Act 2, Scene 2, which is commonly referred to as the balcony scene.

Written by: Sonja Nygaard-Joki.
Last revised date 04/15/2020