Friar Lawrence is in a panic, and determines to rush to Juliet's tomb in the hope of catching her as she wakes and explaining what has happened. Outside the tomb Romeo gives a letter to Balthasar ...

Juliet takes a potion to make her appear dead for 24 hours and her family, thinking she is dead, take her to the Capulet tomb. Friar Lawrence writes a letter to Romeo telling him the plan ...