Romeo and Juliet (1955)
• May 22nd, 1955 • 2h 20min
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Overview
Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
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