Ashley Byam as Mercutio. Photography by Tristram Kenton.

VIDEOS

Find clips of famous scenes to show in class, interviews from previous productions and more. For a limited time, we’re also making three of our previous productions available to stream in your classroom, find out more here.

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SCENES AND SPEECHES

Juliet's speech with British Sign Language (BSL) (2024)

 

Felix Forde, playing the role of Juliet, Ashley Byam as Mercutio, and Mariéme Diouf portraying The Friar join students in performing an excerpt from the famous balcony scene in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo's speech (2024)

 

Hayden Mampasi, playing the role of Romeo, Liam King as Tybalt, and Saroja-Lily Ratnavel portraying Benvolio join students in performing an excerpt from the famous balcony scene in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Prologue | Romeo and Juliet (2021)

 

Adam Gillen (Mercutio) speaks the famous Prologue from our 2021 production of Romeo and Juliet.

Prologue | Romeo and Juliet (2019)

 

Shakespeare’s iconic Prologue is performed by the cast of one of our previous Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank productions of Romeo and Juliet (2019), alongside students who attended the show.

Act 1, Scene 5 | Romeo and Juliet (2009)

 

Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time at the Capulet ball in Act I, scene 5 of our 2009 production, with Ellie Kendrick as Juliet and Adetomiwa Edun as Romeo.

Act 2, Scene 1 | Romeo and Juliet (2009)

 

Jack Farthing (Benvolio) and Philip Cumbus (Mercutio) search for Romeo in Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Romeo and Juliet (2009).

Act 2, Scene 2 | Romeo and Juliet (2009)

 

Ella Kendrick as Juliet and Adetomiwa Edun as Romeo perform an extract from Act II, scene 2 (the iconic ‘balcony’ scene) in Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Romeo and Juliet.

DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS

Lucy Cuthbertson, Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe and Director of Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet (2024,2026) discusses the themes in the play.

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