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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
When the raven brought back the news that Coronis had been unfaithful to him, Apollo scorched the raven in his fury, turning the bird's feathers black. According to Livy , the Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus (c. 370–270 BC) had a raven settle on his helmet during a combat with a gigantic Gaul , which distracted the enemy's attention by ...
Romeo & Juliet is currently in rehearsals and is set to run at the Duke of York’s Theatre from May 11 through August 3. Tickets for its 12-week run are already sold out. Tickets for its 12-week ...
In 1968 the part of Benvolio was played by Bruce Robinson in Romeo and Juliet. In the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, the actor who played Benvolio was Dash Mihok. In the 2001 French musical Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour, the role was originated by Grégori Baquet. In the 2013 version of Romeo and Juliet, the actor who played ...