Romeo and Juliet

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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.

“The greatest tragedy of the 16th century… brought into your living room!”

Top Cast

Virginia McKenna

Juliet Capulet

Tony Britton

Romeo Montague

Flora Robson

Nurse

Laurence Payne

Mercutio

Richard Wordsworth

Tybalt

Harcourt Williams

Friar Laurence