![]() When Franco Zeffirelli did Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic in 1960, it had young stars (Judi Dench and John Stride), a vivid Italian setting and vibrant emotion. Romeo and Juliet (1968) Amazon Prime Video (£) The feast is a headbangers’ ball, the fights furious and the performances physical – you sense Bally Gill and Karen Fishwick’s frustration in their forbidden romance. Love blooms while hate rages in Erica Whyman’s 2018 Stratford production, featuring Tom Piper’s rotating cage-like cube on stage. ![]() The nurse is an ornamental frog and Gnomeo and Juliet are daredevils who race lawnmowers. Battle lines are drawn between semi-detacheds in Stratford the weapons are trowels and high-pressure hoses. ![]() Halfway through the prologue, this animation rips up the script to deliver the tale of two households with warring garden gnomes. ![]() Photograph: Allstar/Disney/Sportsphoto Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) Amazon Prime Video (£) ![]()
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