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Romeo und Julie is a singspiel in three acts by composer Georg Benda. The opera has a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter that is based upon Christian Felix Weiße's translation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Gotter's libretto eliminates many of Shakespeare's characters and most of the original play's comedic elements.
Henry VIII, staged in 1997, was celebrated as the final work of the Shakespearean canon to be performed as part of the series, [1] but within productions staged at the Delacorte, Macbeth was not performed until 2006 and, as of yet, the three parts of Henry VI have not been performed except as the heavily abridged Wars of the Roses in 1970.
Press illustration of act 3, scene 2, as staged in the original production. Scene 1: Laurent's cell. Roméo and Juliette, accompanied by Gertrude, go to the cell, and the wedding takes place. Laurent hopes that reconciliation between the houses of the Montagus and the Capulets may thus take place. Scene 2: a street near Capulet's palace
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Romeo and Juliet has often been the choice of Shakespeare plays to open a classical theatre company, beginning with Edwin Booth's inaugural production of that play in his theatre in 1869, the newly re-formed company of the Old Vic in 1929 with John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, and Margaret Webster, [147] as well as the ...
In the famous speech of Act II, Scene II [1] of the play, the line is said by Juliet in reference to Romeo's house: Montague. The line implies that his name (and thus his family's feud with Juliet's family) means nothing and they should be together. Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
It was the first Broadway production of the play Romeo and Juliet since 1977. [1] The play ran on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre from September 19 to December 8, 2013, for 93 regular performances after 27 previews starting on August 24 with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashād in the starring roles. [2]
A reconstruction of the Curtain Theatre is used in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love. [28] The theatre is the main setting for the jukebox musical & Juliet, which takes place during the first performance of Romeo and Juliet. [29]
The last performance at Booth's Theatre was played by the famed actress Helena Modjeska, portraying the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in 1883. The production was given as a benefit performance (as was common in the era), for Andrew Boyd, beloved janitor of the building – a fitting farewell, perhaps, to one of New York's great theatres.