That’s a really interesting spin on the story.
I’d like to know more, though…when does the action of the play take place? In the hospital? Or is it a flashback to how she got to the hospital?
I do kind of like the idea of a group of psychiatric patients unintentionally playing out Romeo and Juliet through their separate but coinciding delusions. Perhaps Juliet feels she is taken away from Romeo when it’s bed time and they have to be put in separate rooms? Perhaps, instead of a drug dealer, the “friar” is the medication nurse who gives her her nightly sleeping meds.
Imagine even further that this is a cycle that repeats itself daily…what kind of a play would THAT be?!
Excellent inspiration, taolangpo!
-Rachel