Romeo and Juliet is being performed at the Spinach Theatre. Former Romeo actor Bluto arrives to find a poster that announces Popeye is to play Romeo along with Olive Oyl as Juliet. He tears it off to reveal another of Bluto with a note saying he has been laid-off for being a ham. Bent on revenge, Bluto enters through a side door. As the play begins, Popeye and Olive recite Shakespeare's text in song. Bluto tries to sabotage it by moving the spotlight around, and abusing the snow and lightning machines, but "Romeo" uses the snow as a stair to climb to "Juliet"'s balcony, and otherwise punches the lightnings into diamond pieces for her to wear. Popeye is eventually spirited away for the usurper to squeeze into his costume and enter the stage, hamming it up. Olive improvises some lines to sho