Royal Shakespeare Company | Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents, two young people will risk everything to be together. Erica Whyman directs the 2018 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Shakespeare’s most famous story of love at first sight.

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  • Type: Plays
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Duration: 2'28'11''
  • Broadcast date: 2020
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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