I wrote this when I was in Year 11 at High School  about 1988.

We were given an assignment to rewrite the ending of Romeo and Juliet but had to work on the fact that Juliet was not given the "sleep/poison" potion from Friar Lawerence.

This is what I wrote.
 
 
 
 

Romeo and Juliet:  An Alternate Ending
 
Friar Lawerence's cell

Enter Juliet

Juliet:
        Oh Father.  What can we do?  My poor love Romeo has been banished by our beloved Prince.  How will I ever be with my love?

Friar:
        Dear Juliet.  Do not weep for you lost love.  I have sent a letter to dear Romeo to ask him to come hither and fetch thee before thy's fateful Thursday.

Juliet:
        But dear Father, what if Romeo can not come before Thursday.  Must I give consent to marry Paris?

Friar:
        Yes daughter you must, for if thou does not then thy father's wish will be enforced and I would rather marry a willing bride then an unwilling one.

Juliet:
        Thank you dear Father.  I will go now and give consent to marry Paris.

Exit Juliet.
 

    Hey Shakey,
                        Look I hate to say this about your play, but it stinks.  There is no way you are going to be able to sell this to your loving public, and to tell the truth, I don't think I want to type it.
    What I think is that you need to hip it up with some modern language.
                                                                                                        Your sincerely
                                                                                                            Your Typist

Dear Typist,
                    How's this??

Friar Lawerence's cell

Enter Juliet

Juliet:
        Look Friar.  Are you going to get me out of marrying this stupid burk Paris or will I have to do it myself?

Friar:
        Look Julie.  I'm doing my best to get you out of marrying Paris but I have found a few loopholes in the contract you signed with your father when you were ten.  According to this contract you gave all your powers of attorney to your father so he can decide who you marry and when.

Juliet:
        Surely I can do something?

Friar:
        As far as I can see, the only way you can get out of marrying Paris is to kill him.

Juliet:
        Thank you Father.  I will go now and give consent to marry the stupid burk so that no one will suspect anything.  You must send a letter to Romeo and tell him what is going to happen.  Now I must get to the Chemist before it closes.

Exit Juliet
 

Romeo's Hideout

Romeo:
            Hey look guys, Juliet is going to kill that burk Paris so we can be together.

Guys (unison):
                        SO WHAT???

Romeo:
            Well it's a big deal to Julie and me.  We need to be together as Julie is prego.
 
 
 

Paris's Place
 

Juliet:
        Thank you for inviting me over tonight Paris, but I must know what is going on?

Paris:
        Oh dear Juliet.  I have to have you tonight.  Please you must make love to me.  I have just found out that straight after our wedding I will be leaving for Australia and will not be returning for almost a year.  I wish i did not have to leave but my father wishes that I have some military training.  The worst thing about leaving is that withour you I will have to satisfy my urges myself.

Juliet:
        I don't know if we should.  Can we not wait until after the wedding and just have a quickie before you go.

Paris:
        But fair Juliet I will be leaving straight from the church.

Juliet:
        OK.  But my father must never find out about this.

AN HOUR OR SO LATER

Paris:
        Thank you Juliet.  I will savour this moment until I return.

Juliet:
        I'm sure that you will.  Now can I get you a drink?  You must be very thirsty after all that work.

Paris:
        Thank you kind Juliet.

Juliet:
        Why thank you kind Paris.  how a special drink for a special person

Paris:
        Juliet this drink taste sour.  Have you spiked it?

Juliet:
        Yes my dear Paris.  I have spiked it with rat poison.  Now I must take my leave.

Exit Juliet

Romeo's Hideout.

Enter Romeo.

Romeo:
            Awake fair Juliet.  Bad news travels fast.  Paris is dead.

Juliet:
        I know sweet Romeo.  For it was I who killed poor Paris so that we could live happily ever after.
 

THE END
 
 
 

My teacher wrote the following as comments after marking it.

I love it!  It threatened to get mucky but ended up almost tastefully.  To be able to adapt Shakespeare's style of language to your own is very sophisticated.  Well done Warren.

And I received the highest mark available for it.