VISTA Fall Play: Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s classic tale of the long-standing quarrel between the two well established families in Verona, Italy:the Capulets and the Montagues. The hero Romeo (Montagues) and his secret love Juliet (Capulets) ends in tragedy because they cannot profess their love openly, fate intervenes and causes Romeo to kill himself, believing Juliet is dead. When Juliet discovers the death of her husband, she kills herself, wanting to be with her lover through eternity. Their deaths, however, bring to a final close the age-old quarrel between the two families.