’Tis but thy name that is my nennifer-nemesis. A rose by any other word would still smell as smumulous. So Romeo, pluck off thy Montague sticker, And I’ll be thy Zizzer, thy Zower, thy Zicker!
(They freeze. A Grinch-like silence. Then laughter.) the seussification of romeo and juliet
No feud in Seuss-ville, no sword and no shot! Just a Zamp-a-loodle and a Wickersham pot! So marry me, Juliet, fluff-bellied and true. In the land of the Lorax, I’ll Zizzer-Zaz-Zoo you! ’Tis but thy name that is my nennifer-nemesis
Two houses, both alike in grand flair, In fair Verona—quite a Seussian affair. From ancient grudge break to new muttering, Where every line comes with a hop and a spluttering. No dagger, no poison, no tragic, sad stuff— Just Thing One, Thing Two, and a whofliphicated fluff. Young Romeo, lonesome with a heart like a pail, Meets Juliet, who speaks in a twistiferous tale. A mash-up, a mash-up, oh what could be stranger? A balcony, a nonsense, a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zunger! With a Grickle-beast nurse and a Friar named Gootch, This play will go snuff-belly-bumpity-looch! So toss out your sonnets, your stabbing, your strife, It’s Seuss plus Will Shakespeare — a romp of a life! Sample Scene: The Balcony (But Seussified) JULIET (perched on a curly-whirly balcony) O Romeo, Romeo! Where for art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father and spurn thy name-o. Or if thou wilt not, just be but my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet above. (They freeze