Dramatis Personae:
(This is scholar-talk for the Cast List)

The Characters

Members of the Capulet family:

Members of the Montague family:

Capulet -- head of the household; Montague -- head of the household;
Lady Capulet -- his wife; Lady Montague -- his wife;
Juliet -- their daughter; 13; Romeo -- their son;
Tybalt -- Juliet's teenage cousin; Benvolio -- Romeo's teenage cousin;
Sampson -- a servant; Abram -- a servant;
Gregory -- a servant; Balthasar -- a servant; Romeo's own servant;
Nurse -- Juliet's friend, and confidante; assigned to raise Juliet; Friar Laurence -- Romeo's friend, and confidante; (not actually a member of the family);

Others

Prince Escalus -- the Prince of the city of Verona;
Mercutio -- Romeo's friend, and a nephew to the Prince;
Paris -- a gentleman who wants to marry Juliet. also a nephew to the Prince;
An Apothecary;
Friar John;
Three musicians;
An old man, a kin to Capulet;
An officer;
Citizens of Verona, including maskers, torchbearers, pages, guards, watchmen, etc.

The Cast, listed in Text form:

ESCALUS
The Prince of the city of Verona.

PARIS
a young nobleman, and a relative of the prince.

MONTAGUE
CAPULET
The heads of two households who are feuding with each other.

An old man, cousin to Capulet. (Second Capulet)

ROMEO
The teenaged son of Montague.

MERCUTIO
A relative to the prince, and a friend to Romeo.

BENVOLIO
A nephew to Montague, and a friend to Romeo.

TYBALT
A nephew to Lady Capulet.

FRIAR LAURENCE
FRIAR JOHN
Two Franciscan Priests.

BALTHASAR
A servant to Romeo.

SAMPSON
GREGORY
Servants to Capulet's family.

PETER
A servant to Juliet's nurse.

ABRAHAM
A servant to Montague's family.

An Apothecary (one who sells drugs and medicines).

Three Musicians.
(First Musician:)

(Second Musician:)

(Third Musician:)

Page to Paris; (similar to a servant).

Another Page;

An officer;

LADY MONTAGUE
the wife to Montague.

LADY CAPULET
the wife to Capulet.

JULIET
The daughter of Capulet. 13 years old.

Nurse to Juliet.

Citizens of Verona; several Men and Women;

Relations to both houses; Maskers (or partygoers),

Guards, Watchmen, and Attendants.

(First Citizen:)

(Servant:)

(First Servant:)

(Second Servant:)

(First Watchman:)

(Second Watchman:)

(Third Watchman:)

Chorus; A Narrator, of sorts.

SCENE
Most of the play occurs in Verona, Italy; One scene
takes place in Mantua, Italy;

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