Romeo and Juliet

May 22, 1955

2h 20m

★ 0.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Juliet Capulet

Virginia McKenna

Romeo Montague

Tony Britton

Nurse

Flora Robson

Mercutio

Laurence Payne

Tybalt

Richard Wordsworth

Friar Laurence

Harcourt Williams

Benvolio

Eric Lander

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