I need evidence of Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet in secret.

When
addressing this question, be aware that marriage has traditionally involved the union of two
families. (Also, keep in mind the time period during which Shakespeare himself wrote and the
sort of society in which itself was set. This was not a modern culture,
with modern sensibilities on marriage.)

With that in mind, I'd suggest that
the very fact that neither the Montagues nor the Capulets are aware that their children have
married establishes, in and of itself, that the marriage was a secret one. Furthermore, pay
particular attention to 's insistence thatmarry . By this point in the play, she is already
married to . This demand would have been inconceivable if he had known Juliet was already
married. The very events in the play, as they unfold, serve as testament to the fact that Romeo
and Juliet married in secretthis is the only way that the play makes
sense.