Benvolio Files

After seeing a wonderful production of Romeo and Juliet at the OSF (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) I have developed a theory. In short - it is a conspiracy launched by Benvolio and Rosalind. By the end of the play Benvolio is the only young member of both families still alive. Just think, he gets all the attention, all the presents at Christmas, all the inheritance. Wow. Romeo dead, Mercutio dead, Juliet dead, Tybalt dead. He's got it going on. And Rosalind. They say there's nothing like a woman scorned. She must have been really happy to have gotten awayh from Romeo when she did.