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RSC: Romeo and Juliet
The Royal Shakespeare Companycontinue their residency at the Albery
Theatre with a brand new production of Shakespeare's classic love story
Romeo and Juliet
Starring Matthew Rhys as Romeo and Sian Brooke as Juliet. Directed by
Peter Gill
Despite a long-standing feud between the Montagues and the Capulets when
Romeo, only son of the Montagues, meets Juliet, the Capulets' only daughter,
he falls in love with her and she with him. With the help of Juliet's Nurse,
they are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. Juliet's cousin Tybalt quarrels
with Romeo and in the fight which ensues Mercutio is killed. Romeo avenges
his friend's death and kills Tybalt, for which he is banished. Juliet learns
that her parents plan to marry her to Count Paris. Distraught, she turns
to Friar Lawrence, who gives her a drug which will make her appear to be
dead. The intention is that her parents will place her in the family tomb
and when she awakes from her drugged sleep, Romeo will be waiting to escape
with her.
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