<P> Friar John calls at the door of Friar Laurence's cell, "Holy Franciscan friar! brother, ho!" (5.2. 1). Friar Laurence comes out and immediately asks about Romeo: "Welcome from Mantua! What says Romeo? / Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter" (5.2. 3--4). Friar John explains that he sought out another friar for company and found him in a house where he was visiting the sick, whereupon the health authorities, fearing there was pestilence in the house, confined both friars in the house so they wouldn't infect others . The authorities wouldn't even allow Friar John to use a messenger to send the letter back to Friar Laurence . </P> <P> A Chorus gives the opening prologue and one other speech, both in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet . </P> <P> The Chorus is an omniscient character . It appears at the top of the play to fill the audience in on the ancient quarrel between the, "Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene". It returns as a prologue to act two to foreshadow the tragic turn of events about to befall the new romance between the title characters . </P> <P> The Chorus only appears in the Quarto versions, not in the First Folio . </P>

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