Romeo and Juliet Scene Timings—Holt Audio, 1968 Zeffirelli Movie

Act/Scene Zeffirelli Movie Notes Act I Scene 1 (start of movie) Prologue + street riot; we meet Romeo; Benvolio asks Romeo why he’s been moping around. Scene 2 10:50 Capulet and Paris discuss Paris marrying Juliet; party invitation read by Romeo. Scene 3 12:20 We meet Juliet; Lady Capulet tells Juliet that Paris wants to marry her. Scene 4 16:59 Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, and Montague “gang” talk while walking down streets to crash Capulet party; Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech; Romeo’s foreshadowing soliloquy. Scene 5 22:50 Capulet party; R&J meet. Act II Scene 1 38:51 Mercutio/Benvolio tease Romeo about Rosaline after party. Scene 2 40:20 Balcony scene. Scene 3 51:43 Romeo asks Friar Laurence to marry him and Juliet TODAY. Scene 4 55:52 Verona street; Mercutio mentions Tybalt’s duel challenge letter; nurse talks to Romeo about marrying Juliet. Scene 5 1:04:46 Nurse tells Juliet the wedding is arranged for today. Scene 6 1:07:29 Wedding at Friar Laurence’s cell. Act III Scene 1 1:10:55 Street fight; Tybalt kills Mercutio; Romeo kills Tybalt; Romeo banished. Scene 2 (skips forward to Scene 2—Nurse tells Juliet that Romeo killed Tybalt. Scene 2 at 1:27:14 then goes back to finish Scene 1 at 1:28:34) Scene 3 1:31:06 Friar Laurence’s cell—Romeo hysterical about banishment; Nurse comes to see what she and Laurence can do to help. Scene 4 (skipped) Capulet talks with Paris to schedule marriage to Juliet only a few days from now—on Thursday. Scene 5 1:34:42 Romeo and Juliet awaken after their wedding night; Romeo leaves for banishment in Mantua; Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet tell Juliet they’ve arranged for her to marry Paris on Thursday; Juliet says “No way!” and Capulet says he’ll disown her. Juliet asks Nurse for help; but Nurse says she should marry Paris since Romeo is probably gone forever. Act IV Scene 1 1:47:20 Juliet goes to Friar Laurence’s cell for help; they plan her faked death; he gives her a poison-like sleeping potion. Scene 2 1:52:40 Juliet apologizes to Capulet for refusing to marry Paris and says now she will do it; parents happy; everyone goes to bed. Scene 3 1:53:27 Juliet goes to bed and drinks the sleeping potion. Scene 4 (skipped) Capulet house—family and servants prepare for the wedding later that day. Scene 5 1:54:44 Juliet’s family finds her “dead.” Act V Scene 1 1:57:40 Balthasar goes to Mantua to tell Romeo he saw Juliet dead and put in tomb; Romeo goes to Apothecary to buy suicide poison. Scene 2 (skipped) Friar Laurence’s cell; Laurence discovers that Friar John, who was supposed to deliver letter to Romeo telling him about the fake death plan, never made it to Mantua to deliver the letter. Scene 3 1:59:37 Romeo arrives at Capulet tomb; Romeo kills Paris, who tries to keep him out; Romeo poisons himself after saying goodbye to “dead” Juliet in tomb; Juliet kills herself with Romeo’s dagger when she finds him newly dead. Families find R&J and end feud.