Ginger cat attempts to rewrite Romeo and Juliet’s tragic ending, watch

‘All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.’ Around 420 years ago, when William Shakespeare penned this immortal monologue, he didn't foresee that centuries later, a spicy ginger cat would take literal meaning from it, intervene in the final scene of his celebrated play Romeo and Juliet, and try to change their tragic destiny!

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou? Meow, I'm here to save you

An orange tabby from the audience couldn’t hold back when the drama reached its emotional peak during a ballet adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in Izmir, Turkey.

The furball sprang into action and literally tried to rewrite the cathartic moment that perhaps took Shakespeare years to perfect. While the audience was holding its breath for a tear-jerking finale at the Bornova Open-Air Theatre, the feline tried to wake Romeo up.

The tabby had plans not just to make a cameo appearance, but to rewrite the very climax.

Awake, fair Romeo! Let not this poison claim thee—thy feline saviour bids thee stay

While Brazilian performer Pedro Seara was doing his best impression of a dead Romeo, lying motionless, looking all tragic and brooding, the determined tabby was not ready to accept such a bleak ending. Perhaps the feline wanted to play God, or was trying to land a role in the Imperial Russian Ballet Company’s next ballet. As Russian ballerina Tatyana Borger tried her best to embody a heartbroken Juliet, the cat approached Romeo with the kind of theatrical gravitas that would make Meryl Streep weep! The audience could tell this wasn’t a nervous creature seeking an exit, but a meowster trying to change its fate!

The whiskered thespian settled right beside the ‘deceased’ Romeo's head and started pawing at his hair. But wait, the unexpected ‘pur’former wasn’t done yet. With no response from Romeo, the cat escalated the bit by nibbling at him. Yes, you read that right: a literal bite scene that Shakespeare himself never wrote! The audience absolutely lost it. They weren’t sure whether to laugh at the furry friend’s ‘play’ or react to what was supposed to be an emotionally charged scene.

Juliet, too, tried hard to stay in character as the grief-stricken lover while her scene partner was getting groomed by an uninvited understudy!Shakespeare planned a tragedy in five acts, but it became more like a comedy in five paws!

Despite the unexpected entry, the nameless ginger cat delivered what Shakespeare's original ending never could: pure, unfiltered joy! Perhaps the orange tabby failed to rewrite the greatest love story, but the furball knew exactly how to bring the house down!