Shakespeare's R and J

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Play Opened Closed 8 November 2003

Arts Theatre Great Newport St, London

Play adapted by Joe Calarco from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

After Baz Luhrmann’s acclaimed film version of Romeo and Juliet here is a production to reclaim it for the stage. This critically acclaimed play transfers to the West End after taking New York and Bath’s Shakespeare Festival by storm, winning a raft of awards.

A school. Four school boys
A smuggled copy of the forbidden Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet
A secret enactment...

"This is a thrilling piece of work, both study aid and gripping theatre" The Sunday Times

"I’d forgotten the play could be so good….I seemed to hear the words for the first time" The Times

"The acting is outstanding" The Times

"Prepare for a bracing and brilliant shock to the system... an inspired new theatrical take on this early masterpiece" Independent