Review: Romeo and Juliet - Globe - southlondon.co.uk

Review: Romeo and Juliet - Globe - southlondon.co.uk

A very original and touching experience Setting Romeo and Juliet in the in the Wild West might seem bizarre but if the director Sean Holmes was not going to use 15th century Verona, he needed an era when it was not unusual to have fighting in the street, writes Elizabeth Carlin.  The plain wooden boarding, increasingly blood stained, suggesting a saloon with swing doors, and an upper story that swung open, disguised the classical pillars and pro…

‘Romeo and Juliet’ review – Whimsical Western spin forgoes the tragedy of the classic

Audiences will find Sean Holmes' Western take on this classic funny, but they may struggle to find the tragedy which should underpin every retelling of this play.