Romeo and Juliet: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea. When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
He did it all for the love of William Shakespeare, and didn't accept any payment. Helpful•171 2 Olivia Hussey was put on diet pills when she was first cast as Juliet. After seeing the effects they were having on her daughter after only a few days, her mother called the studio up...
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Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish is a gritty, funny love story about charismatic and wayward Satmar Hasid youth who encounter Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet when they help a jaded NYC emergency room nurse with the play's translation. Director Eve Annenberg Writer Eve Annenberg Producers Eve ...
"Romeo and Juliet" is performed by actors from the RSC, BBC and the Royal National Theatre, with commentary and classroom materials written by teachers. Designed to help break down the barriers of language, imagery and social context, as well as to train students to recognise key themes and ...
Any baby boomer who sawFranco Zeffirelli’s sumptuous “Romeo & Juliet,” which opened in U.S. theaters Oct. 8, 1968, has wondered if starsOlivia HusseyandLeonard Whitingactually fell in love during the production. Their performances as Shakespeare’s star-crossed ill-fated lovers were so pass...
Romeo + Juliet(1996)Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio as the title characters in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film version of William Shakespeare'sRomeo and Juliet. 2 of 4 Leonardo DiCaprioAmerican actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the filmTitanic(1997). ...
(John McEnery) instinctively because Zeffirelli has picked them for their types: cocky insolence vs. sly mockery. The key supporting roles of Friar Lawrence (Milo O'Shea) and Juliet's nurse (Pat Heywood) are also superbly cast. For once, the nurse and friar are young enough to have ...
His crucial decision, in a film where almost everything went well, was to cast actors who were about the right age to play the characters (as Howard and Shearer were obviously not). As the play opens, Juliet “hath not seen the change of 14 years,” and Romeo is little older. This ...
In the 20th and into the 21st century, the play has been adapted to film in versions as diverse as George Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936), Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Carlo Carlei's Romeo and Juliet (2013). Characters ...