Juliet

Courtney Chilvers

Once upon a time, I lived and I died, my story became romanticised. Everyone’s fairytale used to end the same, then Hollywood came along and said that was ‘lame’.

Now, their grim original stories are lost, they got a second life at no apparent cost. They were saved by Walt Disney and all his parks China, Japan, USA and France.

I’m a ‘relic of England’, a ‘cultured play’, ‘Though I’d rather see my face star on Broadway. But they can’t revive me like they do for the others because we’re famous for being the ‘star-crossed lovers’.

People try to resurrect me, you know, I’ve lived my life through with young DiCaprio; I’ve been a Taylor Swift ballad and a gnome in the garden, but it’s just not the same.

Hollywood, revive me! Because my one regret is dying at the end of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. I want a life full of love, joy and laughter. I want my own happily ever after.