Romeo a Juliet – Sam Wanamaker’s Playhouse
The tale of Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers Shakespeare ensnared in a tragedy across a familial divide, is a play that has been performed countless times, in many forms, some more successful than others. Never before though it been presented as a bilingual production, the original Shakespearean English interwoven with the acclaimed Welsh translation by J T Jones. It's bold and innovative - in the wrong hands this could be seen just as a gimmick, but director Steffan Donnelly's adaptation is a vehicle to enhance the conflict between the families, the misunderstandings and miscommunications that inevitably lead to tragedy, the reason for the enmity between the Montagues and Capulets long forgotten. The fluidity and flow of the text is retained, the characters' intentions portr...