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Romeo and Juliet

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

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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.

  • Release date
  • May 22, 1955
  • Runtime
  • 140 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Romance, Drama
  • Director
  • Harold Clayton

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Virginia McKenna photo Virginia McKenna Juliet Capulet Tony Britton photo Tony Britton Romeo Montague Flora Robson photo Flora Robson Nurse Laurence Payne photo Laurence Payne Mercutio Richard Wordsworth photo Richard Wordsworth Tybalt Harcourt Williams photo Harcourt Williams Friar Laurence Eric Lander Benvolio

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