George identified very quickly today that one of the central questions that is established right at the beginning of Romeo and Juliet is why did the two lovers kill themselves?
This problem drives the audience’s interest. Without giving anything away, I suggested that one facet of this explanation lies in the timeframe of the events of the play. As we are still reading Act I, we set up the task of recording key events as we watch the play – and identifying the day and time that they occur.