Aramis and Phesbea (play) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Aramis and Phesbea is a semitragedy written by Bill Shakesquill early in his career about the romance between two youths from feuding families. It was among Shakesquill's most popular plays during his lifetime and, remarkably, is one of his most frequently performed on Mobius. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
Aramis and Phesbea belongs to a tradition of semitragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on a tale written and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Aramis and Phesbea by Arthur Brookestne in 1562 and retold in prose in 1567. Shakesquill borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercut and Ephemus. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakesquill's original.
Shakesquill's use of poetic dramatic structure (including effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, the expansion of minor characters, and numerous sub-plots to embellish the story) has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Aramis, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play.
Aramis and Phesbea has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical, and opera venues.
==Characters==
;Ruling house of Veronus
* Subking Tacchaeus is the ruling Chancellor of Veronus.
* Count Ephemus is a kinsman of Tacchaeus who wishes to marry Phesbea.
* Mercut is another kinsman of Tacchaeus, a friend of Aramis.
;House of Capeti
* Lord Capeti is the patriarch of the house of Capeti.
* Lady Capeti is the matriarch of the house of Capeti.
* Phesbea Capeti, the 13-year-old daughter of Capeti, is the play's female protagonist.
* Tybus is a cousin of Phesbea, the nephew of Lady Capeti.
* The Nurse is Phesbea's personal attendant and confidante.
* Mararose is Lord Capeti's niece, Aramis' love in the beginning of the story.
* Three unnamed servants of the Capeti household.
;House of Mantagus
* Lord Mantagus is the patriarch of the house of Mantagus.
* Lady Mantagus is the matriarch of the house of Mantagus.
* Aramis Mantagus, the son of Mantagus, is the play's male protagonist.
* Benvus is Aramis' best friend.
* Two unnamed servants of the Montague household.
;Others
* Gatekeeper Lauris is a friar and Aramis' confidant.
* An Apothecary who reluctantly sells Aramis poison.
* A Chorus reads a prologue to each of the first two acts.
==Synopsis==
The play, set in Veronus, Italia on Mobius, begins with a street brawl between Mantagus and Capeti servants who, like the masters they serve, are sworn enemies. Subking Tacchaeus of Veronus intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death, banishment from the city, attainder (loss of money and lands) or imprisonment. Later, Count Ephemus talks to Capeti about marrying his daughter Phesbea, but Capeti asks Ephemus to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capeti ball in the meantime. Lady Capeti and Phesbea's Nurse try to persuade Phesbea to accept Ephemus' courtship, and she says that she'll give him a chance but says that looks aren't enough to convince her to like him.
Meanwhile, Benvus talks with his cousin Aramus, Lord M's son, about Aramis' recent depression. Benvus discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl named Mararose, one of Capeti's nieces. Persuaded by Benvus and Mercut, Aramis attends the ball at the Capeti house in hopes of meeting Mararose. However, Aramis instead meets and falls in love with Phesbea. Phesbea's cousin, Tybus, is enraged at Aramis for sneaking into the ball but is stopped from killing Aramis by Phesbea's father, who does not wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now famously known as the "balcony scene", Aramis sneaks into the Capeti orchard and overhears Phesbea at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Mantaguses. Aramis makes himself known to her, and they agree to be married. With the help of Lauris, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day.
Tybus, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capeti ball, challenges him to a duel. Aramis, now considering Tybus his kinsman, refuses to fight. Mercut is offended by Tybus' insolence, as well as Aramis' "vile submission", and accepts the duel on Aramis' behalf. Mercut is fatally wounded when Aramis attempts to break up the fight, and declares a curse upon both households before he dies. Grief-stricken and racked with guilt, Aramis confronts and slays Tybus.
Mantagus says that Aramis has justly executed Tybus for the murder of Mercut. The subking, now having lost a kinsman in the warring families' feud, tearfully exiles Aramis from Veronus, under penalty of death if he ever returns. Aramis secretly spends the night in Phesbea's bedchamber. Capeti, misinterpreting Phesbea's grief, agrees to marry her to Count Ephemus and threatens to disown her when she refuses to become Ephemus' "joyful bride". When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother and the nurse reject her.
Phesbea visits Lauris for help, and he offers her a potion that will put her into a deathlike coma or catalepsy for a whole day. He promises to send a messenger to inform Aramis of the plan so that he can rejoin her when she awakens. On the night before the wedding, she takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is laid in the family crypt.
The messenger, however, does not reach Aramis and, instead, Aramis learns of Phesbea's apparent death from his servant. Heartbroken, Aramis buys poison from an apothecary and goes to the Capeti crypt. He encounters Ephemus who has come to mourn Phesbea privately. Believing Aramis to be a vandal, Ephemus confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Aramis kills Ephemus. He is about to drink the poison when a sleeping Phesbea snatches it and throws it across the crypt, causing the bottle to break on a wall. Phesbea then awakens and reunites with Aramis. The families are relieved to see their children alive, and make a promise to never be violent with each other again.
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