Synopses & Reviews
A pair of star-cross'd lovers -PrologueRomeo and Juliet
was Shakespeare's first great tragedy, a richly lyrical love story that has long been one of the author's most popular plays for performer and audience alike. Romeo and Juliet is a simple but dramatic cautionary tale about the blindness that both love and hate can engender. As performed by Claire Bloom and Albert Finney, this lively production captures the youthful exuberance and poetic passion that characterize all of Shakespeare's early work and makes Romeo and Juliet in particular the greatest romantic creation in English Literature.
This unabridged, full-cast recording is a wonderful way to experience and listen to Shakespeare out-loud.
About the Author
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Were pretty sure he would think this version of his play is awesome.
Claire Bloom gained international fame in 1951 with her screen debut in Charles Chaplins motion picture Limelight. Among her many memorable films are Richard III, The Haunting, Look Back in Anger, and A Dolls House.
Claire Bloom has appeared in numerous stage and screen productions, including the films Look Back in Anger (1958), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Sammy and Rosie (1987), and Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and a huge number of stage performances of Shakespeare, and television roles in Brideshead Revisited and The Claire Bloom Show.
She began her career as Ophelia in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Hamlet at the age of 17. She has been married twice, first to Rod Steiger and then to Philip Roth.