The first act begins with a brawl servants who belong to two warring families - the Montagues and the Capulets. It is unclear what caused the feud apparently only that it is a long and uncompromising, is drawn into the maelstrom of passion and young and old. By the servants quickly joined by representatives of two noble houses, and then do their heads. On July sun-drenched square boils real battle. Citizens who are tired of hatred, barely manages to separate the fighters. Finally comes the supreme ruler of Verona - Prince, who orders to stop the clash on pain of death, and angrily removed.