Thursday, June 02, 2011
Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford England, 1995
Once again no clips from a credible stage version, but this movie captured the feel of the version I saw in Stratford on Avon in England. Very lush and romantic.
Two very young actors played Romeo and Juliet in the 1995 version. I wonder if they went on to great things. Have to check.
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I remember seeing the movie when it opened and being quite taken with it (then). I don't remember ever seeing it on stage, however. We did get to Stratford on Avon several times over the years but only saw one show there, MEASURE FOR MEASURE in 1978. Like you I don't remember the cast.
More memorable casts I do remember: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (one of my favorites) three times, first with Sam Waterston and Kathleen Widdoes in Central Park in 1972, then with Donald Sinden and Judi Dench in London in 1977, and lastly with Kevin Kline and Blythe Danner in Central Park in 1988.
In 1976 in Central Park we saw Alan Howard as HENRY V and a young Meryl Streep in MEASURE FOR MEASURE (with Waterston and John Cazale).
Jeff M.
Best one-sentence analysis of R&J I recall hearing: It's a story about two teenagers who can't keep their hands off each other...
I've always preferred this version to others.
We saw MEASURE FOR MEASURE there too. An unusual play.
I kind of like the DeCaprio one set in Miami. I know I am in the minority here.
And when that comes through, Ron, it really works.
Patti - Just love the real power in this play...
Olivia Hussey, who played juliet in Zeffirelli's movie, had a relatively successful career. I only remember her in LOST HORIZON (that awful musical version), BLACK CHRISTMAS and much later in DEATH ON THE NILE. But she was all over the place in the 1970s and 1980s. Apparently she still occasionally does work and she still looks gorgeous (no cosmetic work that I can see). I have no idea what happened to Leonard Whiting (Romeo). But I had to check imdb.com to find out. He made only a handful of movies. The only one I recognize is the TV movie of FRANKENSTEIN in which he played Victor, the creature was played by 70s heart throb Michael Sarrazin and the creature's bride was Jane Seymour. And there's your dose of movie trivia for the week. Use it wisely.
I actually was wondering about the actors we saw at Stratford on Avon. I looked them up on IMDB and although the male lead seems pretty successful, not so the female lead.
Somehow I feel I should be against this modernisation, but I think it is quite charming, and my students enjoy it so much more than the old film versions we used to show them. That´s a good excuse, isn´t it?
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