What happens next has been pieced together from the words of Friar Lawrence, Balthasar and Romeo’s letter - to his father. All I know is that Juliet lies sleeping in the family tomb, and Romeo ...

The day after the Capulet party, Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet. Friar Lawrence reminds Romeo that he recently loved Rosaline and advises him to be careful, but agrees to marry ...

Next afternoon Friar Lawrence marries them in secret. When Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt, a passionate Capulet (who is now his cousin by marriage), the gallant Mercutio takes the challenge ...

“Romeo and Juliet” has always been high on the list, its tragic denouement hanging on Friar Lawrence’s inability to get word to poor Romeo that Juliet’s apparent death was but a drug ...

This bawdy revisionist take on Romeo and Juliet–bit player Friar Laurence gets framed for the murders of every Capulet and Montague in Verona–offers a master class on satire.