romeo and juliet

[fox]

it's not that i ever hope to direct R&J, because it just makes me yawn. but if i ever do -- is there anything in the text that requires friar lawrence to be a father figure? couldn't he be a young guy like romeo and mercutio and the gang? is there any reason the whole mess can't be his fault because he's just not ready for the kind of responsibility he's required to handle?

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[thermidor.livejournal.com]

You know, I started enjoying R&J lots more when I decided it was OK to not like those two. Instead I concentrated on Mercutio and a bit on Tybalt. Fascinating stuff there.

I don't think it's the Friar's fault. He has an idiot (R) to counsel. It was gonna end badly no matter what.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

i adore mercutio. love him to pieces. and -- and just for the record, i've had this in mind since years before making the leap into the wonderful world of slash -- i have every intention of playing it where mercutio was a little bit in love with romeo, and all that "madman! lover!" stuff and queen mab and whatnot is mercutio's Brave Face where he knows it's not even worth bothering to say anything to romeo, ruin the friendship he does have, etc., etc., etc. (no, really! i had this all planned out in college. i'll admit that my first thought was to cast mercutio as a woman, because (a) why not, and (b) there aren't enough good parts for women in the canon. but the Some Kind Of Wonderful angle could be played with a mercutio of either sex, as far as i'm concerned.)

anyway, on friar L -- i think i mean less that it is his fault (in the interpretation that's in my head now, i mean) than that he might see it that way. or not -- what i'm liking, though, is the idea of a young, green lawrence, one who's as invested in the whole thing as romeo and juliet are. normally he's played as about their parents' age, etc., etc. -- like the nextel commercial says, his attitude is basically "kids!" (but he helps them out anyway because he's a big softie). i'd like to have a lawrence who's not just disappointed or grieved by the tragic ending, but really crushed. shaken in his faith. thinking about leaving the order. that kind of thing.

(romeo and juliet: the tragedy of friar lawrence. it could work. [g])

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

So, just for the record, you don't have any intention of directing this version?

Dang.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

i don't have any specific intention of directing this version. i don't go "ooh, i hope i get to do romeo and juliet, so i can do this and this and this." but i do go "ooh, if i ever do romeo and juliet, i can do this and this and this."

so, just for the record, if and when i do direct this version, you'll be there? :-)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

God, I will. I'll fly IN for it.

So, do it someplace nice. :-)

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

so, just for the record, if and when i do direct this version, you'll be there? :-)

I wouldn't miss it!