No Fear Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 5, Page 6
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PETER
Then will I lay the serving creature’s dagger on your
pate. I will carry no crotchets. I’ll
re you, I’ll
fa you. Do you note me?
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PETER
Then I’ll smack you on the head with the
serving-creature’s knife. I won’t mess around.
I’ll make you sing. Do you hear me?
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FIRST MUSICIAN
An you re us and
fa us, you note us.
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FIRST MUSICIAN
If you make us sing, you’ll hear us.
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SECOND MUSICIAN
Pray you, put up your dagger and put out your wit.
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SECOND MUSICIAN
Please, put down your knife and stop kidding around.
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PETER
Then have at you with my wit. I will dry-beat you
with an iron wit and put up my iron dagger. Answer
me like men.
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PETER
So you don’t like my kidding around! I’ll kid
you to death, and then I’ll put down my knife. Answer me
like men.
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(sings)
When griping grief the heart
doth wound
And doleful dumps the mind
oppress,
Then music with her silver
sound—
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(sings)
When sadness wounds your heart,
And pain takes over your
mind,
Then music with her silver
sound—
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(speaks) Why “silver
sound”? Why “music with her silver
sound”? What say you, Simon Catling?
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(speaks) Why the line
“silver sound”? What do they mean,
“music with her silver sound”? What do you
say, Simon Catling?
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FIRST MUSICAN
Marry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound.
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FIRST MUSICIAN
Well, sir, because silver has a sweet sound.
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PETER
Prates.—What say you, Hugh Rebeck?
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PETER
That’s a stupid answer! What do you say, Hugh Rebeck?
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SECOND MUSICIAN
I say, “silver sound” because musicians
sound for silver.
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SECOND MUSICIAN
I say “silver sound,” because musicians
play to earn silver.
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PETER
Prates too.—What say you, James Soundpost?
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PETER
Another studpid answer! What do you say, James Soundpost?
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THIRD MUSICIAN
Faith, I know not what to say.
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THIRD MUSICIAN
Well, I don’t know what to say.
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