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Romeo and Juliet on Boston Common

By Michael Kerpan on Sat, 07/29/2017 - 10:12pm

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of Romeo and Juliet is absolutely wonderful -- with lots of fine young performers. Photos posted on Facebook (spoilers -- if you don't know the story of Romeo and Juliet - and expect the ending to be a surprise): Photos.

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By geep9 on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 9:09am.

they all live happily ever after, right?

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By Michael Kerpan on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 9:47am.

... not a revisionist production.

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By Scratchie on Mon, 07/31/2017 - 2:31pm.

We started out like Romeo & Juliet but it ended up in tragedy!

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By Irma la Douce on Mon, 07/31/2017 - 5:48pm.

Ernst Lubitsch's farce "Romeo and Juliet in the Snow" screens at Harvard Film Archive with live musical accompaniment Aug 20, 7 pm.

hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/calendar/august17.html

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By SamWack on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 9:35am.

I've always thought that Romeo and Juliet is improperly classified as a tragedy. It's really a romantic comedy in which the author somehow forgot to rescue his young lovers at the last minute.

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By pmd on Mon, 07/31/2017 - 2:47pm.

The play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) agrees.

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By theszak on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 10:30am.

Mercutio and Benvolio and Tybalt https://youtu.be/zyD8lCSUPMY?t=9m41s

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By O-FISH-L on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 10:53am.

Those swords could come in handy given the violence on the Common this week.

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By Bugs Bunny on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 6:13pm.

Do they still force kids to read R/J, Caesar, M of V, Othello, etc?

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By Michael Kerpan on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 8:34pm.

... hope so. (I _enjoyed_ reading / acting out Shakespeare).

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By anon on Sun, 07/30/2017 - 9:58pm.

he could accurately recite multiple Shakespeare monologues from memory.

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By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 07/31/2017 - 10:03am.

Freshman - Romeo and Juliet
Sophomore - Julius Caesar, Macbeth

I was a sophomore in 1999-2000, so it was funny to read the character Marc Antony at the same time Marc Anthony was first crossing over to English-language pop radio.

Also, I was the first one in the class of 20 to laugh when Mr. Cook pointed out in Macbeth a bit of dialogue that made reference to a character's inability to sustain an erection after having consumed too much alcohol, but in the English of the era.

I like stories.

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