April 6, 2025
A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet
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Episode 163
My background reading while preparing the episode on Romeo and Juliet took me to many stories about and thoughts on the afterlife of the play and its continuing influence on western culture, what follows is just a few stories and thoughts that illustrate that continuing influence.
Verona and Juliet’s Statue
Juliet’s tomb
Cibber’s Juliet
Franco Zeffirelli’s film for the ‘love generation’
West Side Story
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