The Italian Job: Franco Zeffirelli’s <span class='italic'>Romeo and Juliet</span> and the 1960s

doi:10.1017/9781009200905.003

Chapter 2 - The Italian Job: Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and the 1960s

from Part I - Revisiting the Canon

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2023

Samuel Crowl

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Victoria Bladen ,

Sarah Hatchuel and

Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin

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Victoria Bladen: Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Sarah Hatchuel: Affiliation:
University Paul-Valéry Montpellier
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin: Affiliation:
University Paul-Valéry Montpellier

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This chapter will explore Zeffirelli’s film in the context of the 1960s by briefly looking back at his stage production and then forward to the film’s seminal influence on significant stage and film productions in the 1980s, 1990s and new millennium. These will include Ron Daniels’s spirited 1980 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film and Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford’s 2016 London staging with Richard Madden, Lily James and Derek Jacobi.

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Romeo and Juliet film Zeffirelli 1960s

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Information: Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet , pp. 33 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200905.003 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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