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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

1955-05-22 · 140 min · ★ 8.0

Comedy · Romance · Drama

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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Directors
Harold Clayton
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BBC
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Virginia McKennaVirginia McKennaJuliet Capulet
Tony BrittonTony BrittonRomeo Montague
Flora RobsonFlora RobsonNurse
Laurence PayneLaurence PayneMercutio
Richard WordsworthRichard WordsworthTybalt
Harcourt WilliamsHarcourt WilliamsFriar Laurence
Eric LanderBenvolio

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