11 Nov 2021
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On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Romeo and Juliet
The greatest tragedy of the 16th century… brought into your living room!
Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
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Virginia McKenna Juliet Capulet
Tony Britton Romeo Montague
Flora Robson Nurse
Laurence Payne Mercutio
Richard Wordsworth Tybalt
Harcourt Williams Friar Laurence
Eric Lander Benvolio
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