Sunday Feature | The Balcony
Romeo and Juliet
Photographer Alia Aidel and Shakespeare scholar Reverend Paul Edmondson, Islam explores the use of balconies from Romeo and Juliet to Buckingham Palace.
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Shakespeare Stories | Romeo & Juliet
Professor Carol Rutter explores Shakespeare's use of literary sources for his plots.
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West Side Story (1961)
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.