I
n the streets of Verona another
brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families
of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the
fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt,
arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant
violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler
of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the
families by decre