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Juliet is a young, innocent fourteen year old girl and unprepared for marriage. However, on the night of the family ball, her mother comes to tell her that a local gentleman has asked for her hand in marriage. Both Juliet and her nurse are suprised by this sudden announcement but her mother is brisk, telling Juliet that she was already pregnant with Juliet by age fourteen. This scene has great potential for 3 strong female actresses.
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Lady Capulet: Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.
Nurse: Now by my maidenhead at twelve year old,
I bade her come. What, lamb! What, ladybird!
God forbid! Where’s this girl? What, Juliet!
_Enter Juliet. _
Juliet: How now, who calls?
Nurse: Your mother.
Juliet: Madam, I am here,
What is your will?
Lady Capulet: This is the matter.
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