One of the boy actors played the part of Juliet.
女主角朱麗葉由劇團(tuán)一位少年扮演。
There were no women actors,so boys played all the women's parts.
因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)沒有女演員,所以劇中所有的女角色都由少年來(lái)扮演。
Of course, Will never put real love-making on stage.
當(dāng)然,威爾在舞臺(tái)上對(duì)情愛并沒有多加渲染,
He did it all with words—clever,beautiful words,
都是通過(guò)臺(tái)詞—優(yōu)美生動(dòng)的臺(tái)詞使你置身于劇中
and you forgot that the women and girls were really boys in dresses.
而忘了臺(tái)上女角色實(shí)際上是化過(guò)裝的少年。
Some of the boy actors were very good,and went on to play men's parts when they were older.
有些少年演員演技很好,年長(zhǎng)后可繼續(xù)上臺(tái)扮演男角。
We played Romeo and Juliet at Richmond Palace that year.
那年我們?cè)诶锸繚M宮上演了《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。
We always played before the Queen at Christmas.
每逢圣誕節(jié),我們常在女王御前演出,
She liked to see the new plays,and she paid us 10 a play.
她愛看新劇,而且一出劇付我們10英鎊。
We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time,
我們經(jīng)常得通宵達(dá)旦,及時(shí)趕搭戲臺(tái),
but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen's palaces at Christmas.
但圣誕節(jié)時(shí)能在女王宮廷內(nèi)演出倒讓人感覺是一件興奮的事。
There was a lot of singing and dancing,and eating and drinking.
宮廷內(nèi)載歌載舞,大擺宴席,觥籌交錯(cuò)。
Some years Christmas began in November and didn't finish until February or March.
有幾年圣誕節(jié)11月便開始,一直熱鬧到次年二三月才結(jié)束。