the tragedy of romeo and juliet by william shakespeare

Teachers looking for a staged version should use the 1976 Joan Kemp-Welch play, which is slightly better than the 1978 BBC/Alvin Rakoff play. With a better Juliet this would have been rated 4 or 5 out of 10. In this death-filled setting, the In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. Probably not the emotion they were trying for. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. Baker, but her responses were so wooden I began to feel sorry for him. Hyde-White was acting and doing his best to play off Ms. The balcony scene was especially disconcerting: Mr. In William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for. Her part of the sonnet spoken to Romeo during the party (i.e., 'pilgrims' hands') were spoken as if she were actually praying in church, which makes the subsequent kisses uncomfortably out of place. She manages to drain any sexual tension out of every line. And Esther Rolle's Nurse is more stern than flighty, which gives her jokes an unusual harshness. He also wrote 13 comedies, 13 histories, 6 tragedies, and 4 tragecomedies. Dan Hamilton's Mercutio is a bit too refined for the ribald swordsman. Alex Hyde-White's Romeo has a bit of a whiny voice, but you get used to it. Except for Juliet, most of the casting is respectable enough.

Unfortunately, it also lacks one requirement: a Juliet who can act.

As a stage play it does a great job of conveying how it may have appeared to an Elizabethan audience. This version is a filmed play set on a stage, and it therefore lacks the refinements of a Hollywood movie.

The tragedy of romeo and juliet by william shakespeare