When the curtain rises on the caps and the Montaigu, Romeo and Juliet already burn love for each other. The conflict between their families is tearing up here is all of Italy and there is no need for the death of a Mercutio to set fire to the powder. Besides, Mercutio does not exist. No more than the unrealrable nurse. Without these eccentric characters, The drama darkens: it turns into pure tragedy. It looks like the same story told in a parallel universe.