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SHAKESPEARE, W.: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's Globe, 2009)


Romeo and Juliet
Libretto/Text Author: Shakespeare, William
Vick, Graham
Vincent, Andrew
Cumbus, Philip
Stuart, Tom
O'Hagan, Michael
Atkins, Holly
Edun, Adetomiwa
Farthing, Jack
McElherron, Fergal
Redford, Ian
Foster, Miranda
Kendrick, Ellie
Roach, Ukweli
Layden, Penny
Lailey, James
Paratene, Rawiri
Choreographer: Williams, Sian
Television Director: Russman, Kriss
Set Designer: Daw, Simon
Costume Designer: Daw, Simon
Stage Director: Dromgoole, Dominic

Catalogue Number: OA1029D
UPC: 809478010296

Dominic Dromgoole's production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare's most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare's Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare's verse.

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