Romeo and Juliet

After the mid year examination, we were assigned to different groups for the Romeo and Juliet performance.We had decided to meet up during the June holidays to discuss on it but as everyone had their own activities, we could not decide on the time and had only brought some masks for the party.


It was only when the school reopen that we finalised on the roles, I was assigned to be the female leading character, Juliet.Although I didn't know if i could performed well, I accepted it as the time was rushing.We then proceeded to prepare the props.We met up several times at my house to prepare the background view and the ballroom scene.We brought some cardboard and using the paint we had , we painted it according to the atmosphere of the scene.There was a time when we had to repaint one of the scene as it was horrible!We also had to buy more paint as it was enough for the scenes


Then,we were told that there would be a dry run of the performance soon.Again, each of us has our CCA and other activity and we could not meet up to rehearse and so, what we could do  was just to memorise our lines and act accordingly on that day.But, it went terribly wrong! Everything was fine until the Romeo and Juliet scene,as it was our first time acting, we could not contain our laughter and the words that we were supposed to say seemed to stuck in our throat.We either said it too soft or that the words sound fuuny from us, there was not a slightest tinge of emotion in it.Hence, after knowing the problem that we faced, we decied to change my character to the other person in our group,Sarah.Although Sarah was also not the kind that could speak well in front of others, but at least she could perform better than  me and also she coud also refrain from laughing too much.Therefore, after so much obstacle, things have went more smoothly and we had also started to practice the dance etc.In a nutshell, we learned that we should plan well before doing anything and that if there was a problem, it would not be only a person's fault but the whole group's as we work together.