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Shakespeare plays MERCUTIO, a young man


Illustration: Shakespeare plays Mercutio dressed flamboyantly in Elizabethan style

Mercutio reveals a poetic side as he remembers his dream of the fairy Queen Mab.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 4

What Romeo said
about Mercutio:


"A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month."

Romeo and Juliet
Act 2 Scene 4

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