So the movements looks more realistic to the audience

So the audience know it's not real fighting

So the audience understand the story

To make the play good

So that you don't accidentally hit someone.

To add comedy.

Because it's over the top.

Because it helps the movement look more realistic for the audience.

To help the audience know what's happening

To make it look good

To prevent injury and create and help create the illusion of fighting for the audience

To make it look funny

Knowing how big the room is

Knowing where you are in relation to others

Knowing how many people are in the room

Using lots of the space

Using vocal skills

Using stage space to show character relationships

Using facial expression to show character

Using different movements in different areas of the space

Audience

Sound effects

Reactions

Choreography

At the start

At the end

In the middle

After the audience have left

Melodrama

Comedy

Tension

Stagefighting

The lighting used in a piece

The overall mood of a piece

The sound used in a piece

How people move in a piece

A servant from the Montagues makes a face at a Capulet servant

They are arguing over who the best team in the Euros is

A servant from the Montagues bites their thumb at a Capulet servant

A servant from the Montagues blows a raspberry at a Capulet servant

Romeo Montague

William Morris

Will. I. Am

William Shakespeare