(Romeo and Juliet)

Content: 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.

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Genres:

Comedy,

Romance,

Drama

Runtime:

140 minutes

Year:

1955

Directors:

Harold Clayton

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Juliet Capulet

Romeo Montague

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Mercutio

Tybalt

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