Romeo and Juliet
"The greatest tragedy of the 16th century… brought into your living room!"
NR
0/10
1955
2h 20m
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.
Cast
Virginia McKenna
Tony Britton
Flora Robson
Laurence Payne
Richard Wordsworth
Harcourt Williams
Eric Lander
Director
Harold Clayton
