Romeo and Juliet, Act 4 Scene 4 runs 31 lines of dialogue, spoken by 5 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 123 lines. This scene is part of Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet.
Full Dialogue
Lady Capulet ♀
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse.
Nurse ♀
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
Capulet ♂
Come, stir, stir, stir! the second cock hath crow'd,
The curfew-bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock:
Look to the baked meats, good Angelica:
Spare not for the cost.
The curfew-bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock:
Look to the baked meats, good Angelica:
Spare not for the cost.
Nurse ♀
Go, you cot-quean, go,
Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrow
For this night's watching.
Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrow
For this night's watching.
Capulet ♂
No, not a whit: what! I have watch'd ere now
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
Lady Capulet ♀
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time;
But I will watch you from such watching now.
But I will watch you from such watching now.
Capulet ♂
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
Now, fellow,
What's there?
Now, fellow,
What's there?
First Servant ♂
Things for the cook, sir; but I know not what.
Capulet ♂
Make haste, make haste.
Sirrah, fetch drier logs:
Call Peter, he will show thee where they are.
Sirrah, fetch drier logs:
Call Peter, he will show thee where they are.
Second Servant ♂
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs,
And never trouble Peter for the matter.
And never trouble Peter for the matter.
Capulet ♂
Mass, and well said; a merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be logger-head. Good faith, 'tis day:
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would: I hear him near.
Nurse! Wife! What, ho! What, nurse, I say!
Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up;
I'll go and chat with Paris: hie, make haste,
Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:
Make haste, I say.
Thou shalt be logger-head. Good faith, 'tis day:
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would: I hear him near.
Nurse! Wife! What, ho! What, nurse, I say!
Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up;
I'll go and chat with Paris: hie, make haste,
Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:
Make haste, I say.
31 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Capulet | 21 | 67.7% |
| Nurse | 4 | 12.9% |
| Lady Capulet | 3 | 9.7% |
| Second Servant | 2 | 6.5% |
| First Servant | 1 | 3.2% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 21 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 6 lines.
Total speakers on stage
5 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 4
This is Scene 4 of 5 in Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet.
Scene length vs. play average
At 31 lines, this scene is shorter than the Romeo and Juliet average scene in Romeo and Juliet (~123 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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