Romeo + Juliet movie

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

]]The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet is a world-renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning two young "star-crossd lovers" and the role played by their tragic suicides in ending a long-running family feud. It is one of the most famous of Shakespeares plays, one of his earliest theatrical triumphs, and is thought to be the most archetypal love story of the Renaissance and indeed the history of Western culture.Sources, Italy ]]Romeo and Juliet is a dramatization of Arthur Brookes narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562). Shakespeare followed Brookes poem closely but enriched its texture by adding extra detail to both major and minor characters, in particular the Nurse and Mercutio. Shakespeare also knew "The goodly History of the true and constant love of Rhomeo and Julietta", a prose retelling of the story by William Painter.N.

H. Keeble "York Notes on Romeo and Juliet" (Longman, 1980) p.18Brookes poem was not original either, being a translation and adaptation of Giuletta e Romeo, by Matteo Bandello, included in his Novelle of 1554. This was in turn an adaptation of Luigi da Portos Giulietta e Romeo, included in his Istoria novellamente ritrovata di due Nobili Amanti (c. 1530).Moore, Olin. "Bandello and Clizia." Modern Language Notes 52 (1937): 38-44. This is the version that gave the story much of its modern form, including the names of the lovers, the rival families of Montecchi and Capuleti, and the location in Verona, in the Veneto.

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Romeo + Juliet Cast

• Brian Dennehy
• Claire Danes
• Dash Mihok
• Harold Perrineau
• Jamie Kennedy
• Jesse Bradford
• John Leguizamo
• M. Emmet Walsh
• Miriam Margolyes
• Paul Rudd
• Paul Sorvino
• Pete Postlethwaite
• Vondie Curtis-Hall
• Zak Orth