RSC Live: Romeo and Juliet
What if your first true love was someone you’d been told you must hate? Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents. The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change, but leads all too quickly to heartbreaking consequences. Erica Whyman directs, with students from our Associate Schools playing the Chorus, alongside the professional cast.
Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare's classic play, 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.
Romeo & Juliet
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
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Erica Whyman
Director
Andrew French
as
Friar Laurence
Norman Wooland
as
Paris
Laurence Harvey
as
Romeo
Paul Giamatti
as
Friar Laurence
Hailee Steinfeld
as
Juliet
Natascha McElhone
as
Lady Capulet
Lesley Manville
as
Nurse
Keith Skinner
as
Balthazar
Andrés José Cruz Soublette
as
Complementary Role
Milo O'Shea
as
Friar Laurence
Robert Stephens
as
The Prince
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