Shakespeare. What, my heart?
Mary. I will whisper it to you one day when I know you better. Oh, it’ll be a play! Will you do it for me, Will? Will you write it for you and for me? Where do they live?
Shakespeare. Verona. Italy.
Mary. Come to me daily! Read it to me scene by scene, line by line! How many acts?
Shakespeare. The old five-branched candlestick.
Mary. But a new flame! Will it take long to write? It must not.
Shakespeare. Shall not.
Mary. What shall we call it, Will? The Tragical Discourse? The Famous End? The Lovers of Verona?
Shakespeare. No, no! Plain. Their two names married—Romeo and Juliet.
As they lean towards each other still talking