Matching Pairs Act I PrologueOnline version Match the lines of the original text with the modern-day translation. by Megan DeRuiter 1 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows 2 Which, but their children’s end naught could remove, 3 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 4 The which if you with patient ears attend, 5 Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; 6 The fearful passage of their death-marked love, 7 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, 8 Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. 9 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 10 What here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. 11 Two households, both alike in dignity, 12 A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; 13 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 14 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. in Verona, where the story takes place, The kids of these two enemies are fated to be together and will commit suicide; is what you (the audience) will be watching in this 2 hour long play. We (actors) will work to clear up an-ything we left out of this prologue. where civil people are acting uncivilized. Will with their death, end the families’ feud. Their unlucky, tragic actions and ongoing family fighting, The tragic love story Two families of the same social and economic standing, If you (the audience) listen well and pay attention, ended by the death of their children, is an old fight that is resurfacing,
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