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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1955)

2h 20m | PG-13

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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.

Director: Harold Clayton

Studio: BBC

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

as Juliet Capulet

Tony Britton

Tony Britton

as Romeo Montague

Flora Robson

Flora Robson

as Nurse

Laurence Payne

Laurence Payne

as Mercutio

Richard Wordsworth

Richard Wordsworth

as Tybalt

Harcourt Williams

Harcourt Williams

as Friar Laurence