Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe)

Overview

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. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.

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Cast

Tomiwa Edun

Romeo

Ellie Kendrick

Juliet

Jack Farthing

Benvolio

Philip Cumbus

Mercutio

Holly Atkins

Lady Montague