Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet 2010

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.

Cast:

Tomiwa Edun
Romeo 

Ellie Kendrick
Juliet 

Jack Farthing
Benvolio 

Philip Cumbus
Mercutio 

Holly Atkins
Lady Montague 

Michael O'Hagan
Montague