The greatest tragedy of the 16th century… brought into your living room!
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.
Made in US
8/10
1955
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Cast
Virginia McKenna
As Juliet Capulet
Tony Britton
As Romeo Montague
Flora Robson
As Nurse
Laurence Payne
As Mercutio
Richard Wordsworth
As Tybalt
Harcourt Williams
As Friar Laurence
Eric Lander
As Benvolio
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