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Designed by Patrick Clark, with lighting by Steven Hawkins, music by Mark Desormeaux, choreography by John Broome and fights directed by John Stead. IN OTHER TERMS The famous Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein Broadway musical West Side Story was based on Romeo and Juliet. The film version of the musical starred Natalie Wood and Richard Boehmer. The Stratford Festival presented the musical in 1999. The BBC filmed Romeo and Juliet in 1978 as part of its project to record the entire Shakespeare canon. Jonathan Firth and Geraldine Somerville starred along with Jenny Agutter in the 1994 British Thames Video production of the play. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version starring Leonard Whiting (then aged 17) and Olivia Hussey (aged 15) is one of the most popular Shakespearean movies ever made. Other versions include George Cukor’s 1936 film starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard. John Barrymore played Mercutio. Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall starred in a 1954 British/Italian film. Silent films were made in 1912 and 1916 with Theda Bara starring as Juliet in the latter. In 1920 Ernst Lubitsch directed a black-and-white German version, Romeo und Julia im Schnee (Romeo and Juliet in the Snow). Romeo i Julietta (1955, Soviet Union) and Los Amantes de Beronia or Guilietta e Romeo (1964, Italy/Spain) were released. In 1994, an award-winning documentary film, Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, was broadcast on PBS stations. The tragic story of real-life lovers Bosko Brekic and Admira Ismic, who died in Sarajevo during the civil war in Yugoslavia, captured the attention of the world’s press, who dubbed them Romeo and Juliet. 1996’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo+ Juliet (aka Verona Beach) directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge), stars Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio as the lovers. John Leguizamo plays Tybalt. A number of operas based on the play have been written. Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi (1830) and Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (1867) are notable and remain in the repertory today. The 1936 ballet Romeo and Juliet by Serge Prokofiev, Hector Berlioz’s “dramatic symphony” and Tchaikovsky’s symphonic fantasy (1964) are all based on the tale. - 6 -
OF INTEREST Pyramus and Thisbe The play-within-the-play of Pyramus and Thisbe that Shakespeare incorporated into A Midsummer Night’s Dream uses a plot similar to that of Romeo and Juliet. The two plays were written about the same time. What Ellen Terry said Actress Ellen Terry said: “as soon as a woman is old enough to understand Juliet, she’s too old to play her.” Often the supposedly teenage lovers are played by much older actors. ON THE INTERNET Visit M.I.T.’s site for the e-texts of the works of William Shakespeare. For Romeo and Juliet: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION PERIOD AND SETTING Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy. Although Shakespeare does not specify an historical period, he seems to have had in mind the years between 1260 and 1387, when Verona was an independent principality. Feuds between families and their supporters were not uncommon during this period. Our production will blend modern and Renaissance elements. The action is set in Italy. CASTING Romeo.................................Gareth Potter Juliet....................................Nikki M. James Mercutio..............................Evan Buliung Friar Laurence.....................Peter Donaldson Benvolio..............................Gordon S. Miller Nurse...................................Lucy Peacock Capulet ................................John Vickery Lady Capulet.......................Sophia Walker Prince Escalus .....................Wayne Best Apothecary..........................David Collins Peter ....................................Paul Dunn Montague ............................Roy Lewis Lady Montague ...................Irene Poole Abram .................................André Sills - 7 -
Page 1 and 2: Stratford Shakespeare Festival BACK
Page 3 and 4: ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakesp
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT WILLIAM SHAKES
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KRAPP’S LAST TAPE By Samuel Becke
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English experimental composer Micha
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HUGHIE By Eugene O’Neill Director
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PALMER PARK By Joanna McClelland Gl
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ON THE INTERNET Biocritical essay b
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MOBY DICK Based on the novel by Her
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PRODUCTION SPONSOR The sponsor of t
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