
Romeo and Juliet
Comedy · Romance · Drama
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.
Top Cast


Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna
Juliet Capulet
Virginia McKenna
Juliet Capulet


Tony Britton
Tony Britton
Romeo Montague
Tony Britton
Romeo Montague


Flora Robson
Flora Robson
Nurse
Flora Robson
Nurse


Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne
Mercutio
Laurence Payne
Mercutio


Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth
Tybalt
Richard Wordsworth
Tybalt


Harcourt Williams
Harcourt Williams
Friar Laurence
Harcourt Williams
Friar Laurence
Eric Lander
Eric Lander
Benvolio
Eric Lander
Benvolio
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