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When Romeo Met Juliet

Paul Roseby

Adrian Lester

Lolita Chakrabarti

Michael Poole

When Romeo Met Juliet: Episode 1

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BBC Two - When Romeo Met Juliet, Episode 1

Two contrasting schools in Coventry put on a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

In a unique experiment, two Coventry schools attempt to put on a professional production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - each school cast as one of the two feuding families.

One city, eight weeks and two contrasting schools come together to put on a professional production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In a unique experiment, each school is cast as one of the two feuding families at the heart of the world's favourite love story. Romeo and his Montague clan come from a Coventry city centre comprehensive while Juliet and the Capulets are from a Catholic school in the city's northern suburbs. Trying to get the show on the road is artistic director of the National Youth Theatre, Paul Roseby. Also on hand as mentors - one for each school - are Hustle actor and RADA-trained Shakespeare fan Adrian Lester and his wife, actress Lolita Chakrabarti. Can they help the teenage cast overcome their preconceptions about Shakespeare, and work with each other, to create a Romeo and Juliet for a new generation, iambic pentameter and all?

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Two very different schools come together to stage Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

One city, eight weeks and two contrasting schools come together to put on a professional production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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