Romeo and Juliet.

Guards rush onto the stage clad in all black. They enter the tomb yelling and arresting the friar there. The Montagues and the Capulets frantically run on stage

The balcony scene in TDO 2011 production of Romeo and Juliet. Photo credit:Karon Almond

Romeo hides in the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet talking about him. We explore the famous Balcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2) with annotated play text, galleries and videos of the scene in performance.

This is a late Romantic-era adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, which for all the similarities in plot, is a quite different story. But it sounds and looks beautiful, and in the context of the Shakespeare 400 Festival, is a welcome exhibition of how the Bard’s place in popular culture has changed over time.

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