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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet); Ukweli Roach (Tybalt); Jack Farthing (Benvolio); Tom Stuart (Paris); Philip Cumbus (Mercutio); Michael O'Hagan (Montague); Ian Redford (Capulet); Holly Atkins (Lady Montague); Miranda Foster (Lady Capulet); Penny Layden (Nurse); Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence)
Dominic Dromgoole’s production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare’s verse. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.
Extra features: Cast gallery and Famous Speeches
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2010
Sound Formats: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1029D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2010
Sound Formats: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OABD7062D
Artist(s):
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Ukweli Roach; Jack Farthing; Tom Stuart; Philip Cumbus; Michael O'Hagan; Ian Redford; Holly Atkins; Miranda Foster; Penny Layden; Rawiri Paratene
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Ukweli Roach; Jack Farthing; Tom Stuart; Philip Cumbus; Michael O'Hagan; Ian Redford; Holly Atkins; Miranda Foster; Penny Layden; Rawiri Paratene
"Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love... The production's secret weapon is Ellie Kendrick...delivers the jewelled verse with a lovely purity and directness. I particularly admired Rawiri Paratene's impassioned Friar Lawrence, Ian Redford as a Capulet, and Tom Stuart's hilarious performance as a socially inept Count Paris." (The Daily Telegraph)
"[Dominic Dromgoole's production] ... set my heart aflutter, too. ... clever use of music, a distinctly bustling Verona, and a Benvolio (Jack Farthing) and Mercutio (Philip Cumbus) whose puppyish high jinks hide more fragile uncertainties. Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition." (The Guardian)
"[Dominic Dromgoole's production] ... set my heart aflutter, too. ... clever use of music, a distinctly bustling Verona, and a Benvolio (Jack Farthing) and Mercutio (Philip Cumbus) whose puppyish high jinks hide more fragile uncertainties. Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition." (The Guardian)
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet); Ukweli Roach (Tybalt); Jack Farthing (Benvolio); Tom Stuart (Paris); Philip Cumbus (Mercutio); Michael O'Hagan (Montague); Ian Redford (Capulet); Holly Atkins (Lady Montague); Miranda Foster (Lady Capulet); Penny Layden (Nurse); Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence)
Dominic Dromgoole’s production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare’s verse. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.
Extra features: Cast gallery and Famous Speeches
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2010
Sound Formats: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1029D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2010
Sound Formats: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OABD7062D
Artist(s):
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Ukweli Roach; Jack Farthing; Tom Stuart; Philip Cumbus; Michael O'Hagan; Ian Redford; Holly Atkins; Miranda Foster; Penny Layden; Rawiri Paratene
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Ukweli Roach; Jack Farthing; Tom Stuart; Philip Cumbus; Michael O'Hagan; Ian Redford; Holly Atkins; Miranda Foster; Penny Layden; Rawiri Paratene
"Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love... The production's secret weapon is Ellie Kendrick...delivers the jewelled verse with a lovely purity and directness. I particularly admired Rawiri Paratene's impassioned Friar Lawrence, Ian Redford as a Capulet, and Tom Stuart's hilarious performance as a socially inept Count Paris." (The Daily Telegraph)
"[Dominic Dromgoole's production] ... set my heart aflutter, too. ... clever use of music, a distinctly bustling Verona, and a Benvolio (Jack Farthing) and Mercutio (Philip Cumbus) whose puppyish high jinks hide more fragile uncertainties. Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition." (The Guardian)
"[Dominic Dromgoole's production] ... set my heart aflutter, too. ... clever use of music, a distinctly bustling Verona, and a Benvolio (Jack Farthing) and Mercutio (Philip Cumbus) whose puppyish high jinks hide more fragile uncertainties. Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition." (The Guardian)
