Romeo and Juliet - Version 2

In Romes and Jules there are a number of points in the script where the plot could have taken a different turn. True, it would've been quite different if it had a happy ending, but there alternatives that would have resulted in something equally tragic...

For example, what if the message sent by the Friar describing their plan to fake Juliet's death was successfully delivered to Romeo so he knows she intends to fake her own death...

When Tybalt duels Mercutio, what if it is Tybalt that is killed

How about when Romeo duels Tybalt, what if Romeo dies

Whan Romeo and Paris fight, what if the last words were:

• ROMEO: O, I am slain!

JULIET: (about to drink from the vial)

• O, look! methinks I see my cousin's ghost
  Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body
  Upon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay!
  Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee.

Juliet drinks from the vial and gasps as nothing happens, discovering that it is nothing more than water...

ROMEO: (about to drink the poison)

• Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!
  Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
  The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark!
  Here's to my love!
  
  Juliet awakens, causing Romeo to pause...