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