Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet

2010

English

7.2

♡ 2

Drama

theater play

Dominic Dromgoole Director

Jack Farthing as Benvolio / Quartet

Michael O'Hagan as Montague

Andrew Vincent as The Prince

Ukweli Roach as Tybalt

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.