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Romeo and Juliet (1955)

Name: Romeo and Juliet
Director: Harold Clayton
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1955-05-22
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Tony Britton, Flora Robson, Laurence Payne, Richard Wordsworth

May 22, 19552h 20mEN

8.0

1 votes

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.

Director

Harold Clayton

Writer

Dallas Bower