Hence its title, "The Tragedy..." thereof. People's cultural literary is so shallow these days they think 'tragedy' just means 'oh it's sad that they can't be together'.
R&J is the only Shakespeare I've seen performed live on stage. It was honestly mesmerising. The version was 'modernised' in that the narrator was a news reporter & the dance scene was a disco.... the most shocking thing was the fight scene where a gun was drawn and one of the cast shot dead. The whole theatre JUMPED at that point - despite a large banner warning about LOUD noises! The language was still pure Shakespeare though.... Brilliant!
Hence its title, "The Tragedy..." thereof. People's cultural literary is so shallow these days they think 'tragedy' just means 'oh it's sad that they can't be together'.
ReplyDeleteR&J is the only Shakespeare I've seen performed live on stage. It was honestly mesmerising. The version was 'modernised' in that the narrator was a news reporter & the dance scene was a disco.... the most shocking thing was the fight scene where a gun was drawn and one of the cast shot dead. The whole theatre JUMPED at that point - despite a large banner warning about LOUD noises! The language was still pure Shakespeare though.... Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteBut not even two kids...he was a tad bit older than her!
ReplyDeleteJuliet was apparently 13, Romeo was 16/17.
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