Wherefore art thou Ro-meow? Cat Upstages the Star-Crossed Lovers

Romeo, Juliet and Ginger? Somehow it doesn’t have the same ring to it, but theatre-goers in Turkey were offered the chance to witness a quick feline rewrite of possibly the most famous death scene of all time. Romeo and Juliet may be the tale of star-crossed lovers, but on this occasion the stars were eclipsed by a four-legged scene-stealer. There is Romeo, prone on the floor, having killed himself believing that Juliet was already dead. Juliet, too, is in position - seemingly dead but soon to awake. Then a ginger cat wanders on to the stage and decides that he (most likely, most ginger cats are) is going to change Shakespeare’s most famous play to suit himself. To paraphrase the Bard, “Though this be madness, yet there is meowthod in’t.” Walking nonchalantly from the wings, he headed straight towards Romeo. Perhaps there was something in Romeo’s hair that fascinated him, but the cat settled to play with Romeo’s mop as if he had discovered a new toy. It was a case of paws before…