BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 1 Episode 1 Romeo and Juliet
Romeo, heir of the lordly Montague family of the Italian city of Verona, goes wearing a mask to a dance held by the Capulets, their bitter rivals in the city. There, Romeo falls head over heels for Juliet Capulet, and they are secretly married by the obliging Friar Lawrence. Following a fight, Romeo is banished from the city, and Juliet's father promises her in marriage to another young fellow, Paris. Juliet unwisely agrees to a plan suggested by Friar Lawrence, takes a drug which will make her seem dead for two days and is put into the family vault, expecting Romeo to collect her when she wakes up. However, Romeo fails to get Friar Lawrence's message, believes Juliet is dead, kills Paris, then drinks poison and dies by Juliet's side. On waking up, she finds Romeo's body and stabs herself to death. As a result (if a rather unlikely one) the Montague and Capulet lords make up their ancient quarrel and a new friendship blossoms between the warring factions.
First Air Date: Dec 03, 1978
Last Air date: Apr 27, 1985
Season: 7 Season
Episode: 68 Episode
Runtime: 150 minutes
IMDb: 5.20/10 by 5.00 users
Popularity: 26.034
Language: English
Episode
Romeo and Juliet
King Richard the Second
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Measure For Measure
King Henry the Eighth
King Henry the Fourth, Part I
King Henry the Fourth, Part II
King Henry the Fifth
Twelfth Night, or, What You Will
The Tempest
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
King Henry the Sixth, Part I
King Henry the Sixth, Part II
King Henry the Sixth, Part III
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
Cymbeline
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Life and Death of King John
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus
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