Romeo and Juliet
T331271740
The story of frustrated young (illegally young in modern terms) love and death and the vendetta between two families in a tight-knit Italian community. One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring dramas it has also been re-done as film, ballet, musical (most notably "West Side Story") and ice spectacular!
Archive :: production:T331271740, play:S4789, venue:V169
Current production:Work
Production details
A banned text. A secret enactment. A fateful discovery. After the success of Alfie, Imperial Productions return to Barons Court with this highly original look at a classic, using an abridged version of Shakespeare’s text in a production influenced by Dead Poets Society. This version of Romeo And Juliet is set in a Girl's School where the headmistress has banned all works by dead white males - which includes William Shakespeare. A group of schoolgirls plan to stage a secret production of the play, rehearsing in the school's cellars at midnight. All is going well until Matron comes down into the cellar to investigate ...
