Romeo and Juliet
From: Tuesday, 30th June 2009
To: Saturday, 22 August 2009
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Synopsis
The story of frustrated young (illegally young in modern terms) love and death and the vendetta between two families in a tight-knit Italian community. One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring dramas it has also been re-done as film, ballet, musical (most notably "West Side Story") and ice spectacular!
Our Review:
Simon Tavener - 9 July 2009
Oxford Shakespeare Company have established their reputation with small-scale, innovative adaptations of classic plays. This year they have turned - with the help of director Guy Retallack - to the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
They have chosen to update the action of the Oxford of the late 1950s. This does give rise to a couple of concerns. Firstly it does stretch credibility to accept that Juliet would be married off at the age of 13 and that a local official would have the power of life and death over criminals without having to bother with a trial. The use of music in the production (which is consistently delivered well) does, however, serve to highlight the fact that Bernstein and his collaborators got their first with West Side Story. It is to the credit of the energetic and committed cast that we are swept along by their performances rather than dwelling on the inconsistencies of the setting.
Garden productions of Shakespeare can often be interr...
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