The London Library Emerging Writers Programme Anthology

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Carmina Bernhardt Extract from R’n’J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare’s Roz and Jules

Act 2, Scene 1 chorus:

Now two who once were naught but family, Have left a trail of carnage in their wake, Their small and peaceful lives turned tragedy, No time to divide their common heart’s ache. Now Romeo is most dead, and Dead again, Within the women’s hearts where he will lie, The Grief remains, e’en when the thoughts condemn, And Time and Air, the fallen tears do dry. Being thrust together out in the cold, With looks full matched in fear and jealousy, To search for Truth in messages they’ve been sold, And, shit, deal with a teenage pregnancy. Our Roz and Jules shall venture far from Home, In hope they can possess their Inner Throne.

roz and jules have been hiding out in the woods for the past two weeks. roz:

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God! You are so annoying! Just for a little while, Jules. We’ll wear masks and come up with fake names. Woods Glamping is super great, but I would like to see some other people now, in the city. It’s Mantua. We don’t know anyone here and no one knows us! And you have been such a grump lately. Are you PMS-ing or something?

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