ROMEO Y JULIETA Original text by William Shakespeare Adaptación por Saheem Ali y Ricardo Pérez González Based on the Spanish Translation by Alfredo Michel Modenessi This script is an audio transcript of the co-production between The Public Theater and WNYC Studios, which was released on March 18, 2021 Este libreto es una transcripción del audio drama coproducido por The Public Theater y WNYC Studios, estrenado el 18 de marzo de 2021 For Saheem Ali: For Ricardo Pérez González: For Alfredo Michel Modenessi: Rachel Viola Seth Glewen Sarah E. Michel
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 888 7th Ave 9th Floor 41 Madison Avenue 33rd Floor, Londres 48-202, Col. Del Carmen Coyoacán, New York, NY 10106 New York, NY 10010 Ciudad de México DF 04100 USA USA MÉXICO PROLOGUE [Enter Chorus] Dos familias, both alike in dignity, Two households, de idéntico prestigio en Verona, escenario gentil, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, reviven el ardor de un pleito antiguo, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. vertiendo en la ciudad sangre y deshonra. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes Sus troncos enemigos dieron vida A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, a un par de enamorados, cuyos astros Whose misadventured piteous overthrows en pugna ocasionaron mil desdichas Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. y, con su muerte, el fin del odio amargo. Su pasión impetuosa y cruel destino, The fearful passage of their death-marked love, con la furia obstinada de sus padres, And the continuance of their parents' raGe, que sólo se extinguió al morir los hijos, Which but their children's end, nauGht could remove, nuestra escena, en dos horas, va a contarles.