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Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli , the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet .
That promise was broken, as Romeo and Juliet contains a scene in which the then 16-year-old Hussey and 17-year-old Whiting lie naked in bed, recovering from an implied sexual act. The scene ...
William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.The cast of characters also includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsman, Count Paris; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Chorus.
Queen Mab, illustration by Arthur Rackham (1906). Queen Mab is a fairy referred to in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which the character Mercutio famously describes her as "the fairies' midwife", a miniature creature who rides her chariot (which is driven by a team of atom-sized creatures) over the bodies of sleeping humans during the nighttime, thus helping them "give birth ...
A judge on Thursday said she will throw out a lawsuit over a nude scene in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” after finding that the film is protected by the First Amendment. The stars of ...
Juliet in the balcony scene of S4C's Shakespeare: The Animated Tales version of Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet may be one of the most-screened plays of all time. The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor 's multi- Oscar -nominated 1936 production Romeo and Juliet , Franco Zeffirelli 's 1968 film Romeo and ...
Baz Luhrmann recalled his experience working on the hit movie in honor of its 25th anniversary.
Romeo and Juliet (1966); filmed version of a stage performance from the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre; directed by Val Drumm and Paul Lee (UK) Romeo and Juliet (1967); TV adaptation for Play of the Month; directed by Alan Cooke (UK) Romeo and Juliet (1968); hugely successful adaptation both critically and commercially; directed by Franco Zeffirelli ...