Synopsis
A 1955 TV adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Similar plays, poems and sonnets

Shakespeare Stories | Romeo & Juliet
Professor Carol Rutter explores Shakespeare's use of literary sources for his plots.

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The tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks reach boiling point when Tony, the co-founder of the Jets, meets Maria, the sister of the leader of the Sharks.