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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

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One of William Shakespeare's most performed tragedies about ill-fated young love.

Story:

Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.

Fun Fact

The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
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William Shakespeare

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: New Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 28, 1754

Original Cast: Mrs. Hallam, Mr. Rigby

1850 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Bowery Theatre

Opening Night: 1850

Original Cast: Mrs. James W. Wallack Jr., Katherine Wemyss

1869 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Booth's Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 03, 1869

1899 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Empire Theatre

Opening Night: May 08, 1899

Original Cast: Maude Adams, William Faversham, James K. Hackett

Producer: Charles Frohman

1903 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse

Opening Night: Feb 16, 1903

Total Performances: 9

Original Cast: Edmund Breese, Victor Burthe, Charles Chapman, William Crossman, Fernanda Eliscu, Emma Brennan Ince, Stanley Jessup, F. M. Kendrick, Harry Leighton, Willard MacKegney, Becton Radford, William Romain, George Turner, Robert C. Turner, Susanne Willis

Producer: Frank Lea Short

1903 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Knickerbocker Theatre

Opening Night: May 25, 1903

Total Performances: 8

Original Cast: Edwin Arden, F. C. Bangs, Kyrle Bellew, Edmund Breese, George Clarke, T. M. Hunter, Franklyn Hurleigh, Mrs. W. G. Jones, John E. Kellerd, A. W. Mafflin, E. J. Norris, Eben Plympton, W. V. Ranous, Forrest Robinson, Eleanor Robson, William H. Thompson

Director: Eugene W. Presbrey

Producer: Liebler & Co.

Scenic Design: Frank E. Gates and E. A. Morange

1904 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Knickerbocker Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 17, 1904

Original Cast: Malcolm Bradley, Rowland Buckstone, Thomas L. Coleman, W.H. Crompton, Robert Stowe Gill, Norman Hackett, Mary Hall, William Harris, G. Harrison Hunter, Frederick Kaufman, Frank Kingdon, Julia Marlowe, Sydney Mather, Mrs. Sol Smith, E. H. Sothern, Morgan Wallace

Producer: Charles Frohman

1905 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Knickerbocker Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 16, 1905

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern, William Harris, Frederick Lewis, Mrs. Sol Smith

Producer: Charles Frohman

1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 21, 1907

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Academy of Music

Opening Night: Jun 10, 1907

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

1909 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 08, 1909

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell, William Bowen, James Brophy, Otto Brower, F. Dallas Cairns, George Gould, Ethelbert Hales, Charles Keene, Fritz Leiber, Edward Lewers, Guy Lindsley, Oscar Pfefferle, Olaf Skavlan, George Stillwell, George Turner

Producer: William A. Brady

1910 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Academy of Music

Opening Night: Feb 7, 1910

Original Cast: France Bendsten, Eric Blind, Malcolm S. Bradley, Rowland Buckstone, William Harris, Albert S. Howson, Charles Howson, P. J. Kelly, Frederick Lewis, Julia Marlowe, Sydney Mather, Maurice Robinson, Frederick Roland, E. H. Sothern, John Maurice Sullivan, John Taylor

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1910 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadway Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 5, 1910

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Daly's Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 17, 1911

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadway Theatre

Opening Night: Jul 3, 1911

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Nov 20, 1911

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1912 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Sep 30, 1912

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Sep 22, 1913

Original Cast: Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern

Producer: Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1915 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 44th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 1, 1915

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, John Burke, Genevieve Hamper, Fritz Leiber, Genevieve Reynolds

Producer: William A. Brady and Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1915 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 44th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 22, 1915

Total Performances: 24

Original Cast: Hamilton Deane, Charles Francis, Burton French, William Kitteredge, Richard Lace, Frederick Lewis, Barry Macollum, Eric Maxon, Martha Mayo, Fuller Mellish, Ffolliott Paget, George Relph, Douglas Rose, Harold Skinner, Khyva St. Albans, Philip Tonge

Director: Jacques Coini

Producer: David Chanler Dramatic Co.

1918 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Criterion Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 5, 1918

Original Cast: Laurette Taylor, José Ruben

1918 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 44th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 4, 1918

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1922 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 48th Street Theatre

Original Cast: Richard Allen, Virginia Bronson, John Burke, Frederic Drake, W. Leonard Gordon, Louis Leon Hall, James Hendrickson, Frank Howard, Fritz Leiber, Olive Oliver, Philip D. Quin, Harold Rand, Robert Strauss, Mary Williams

Producer: George Ford

1922 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Longacre Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 27, 1922

Original Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Barlowe Borland, Edwin Brandt, Lenore Chippendale, John C. Davis, Vivian Geison, Charlotte Granville, Harvey Hays, Frank Howson, James Hull, Kenneth Hunter, Alice John, William Keighley, Jerome Lawler, Barry Macollum, Howard Merling, McKay Morris, Albert Reed, Basil Sydney, Russ Whytall

Director: Arthur Hopkins

Producer: Arthur Hopkins

2023 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Henry Miller's Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 24, 1923

Total Performances: 157

Original Cast: Robert Ayrton, Richard Bowler, Edward Broadley, Lalive Brownell, Gordon Burby, Jane Cowl, John Sayre Crawley, Frank Davis, Grace Hampton, Louis Hector, Bailey Hick, Lionel Hogarth, Vernon Kelso, Dennis King, John Parrish, Rollo Peters, Milton Pope, Neil Quinlan, Jessie Ralph

Director: Frank Reicher

Producer: The Selwyns and Adolph Klauber

1930 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Civic Repertory Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 21, 1930

Total Performances: 16

Original Cast: Walter Beck, Jacob Ben-Ami, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Cameron, Amy Chandler, Sayre Crawley, Howard Da Silva, Mooney Diamond, Florida Friebus, Frederic Giuliano, Robert H. Gordon, Lee Hillery, Henry Howard, Vernon Jones, David Kerman, Joseph Kramm, Eva Le Gallienne, Robert Lewis, Merle Maddern, Burgess Meredith, Arnold Moss, Harold Moulton, Renee Orsell, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, May Sarton, Estelle Scheer, Blake Scott, Herbert Shapiro, Irene Sharaff, William Steinhorn, David Turk, Gordon Wallace, Mary Ward, Ruth Wilton

Director: Eva Le Gallienne

Producer: Civic Repertory Theatre, Inc.

1930 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Civic Repertory Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 06, 1930

Total Performances: 44

Original Cast: Walter Beck, Jacob Ben-Ami, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Cameron, Sayre Crawley, Howard Da Silva, Sean Dillon, Robert H. Gordon, Lee Hillery, David Kerman, DeWitt Kiernan, Jane Kim, Edward Kogan, Joseph Kramm, Alma Kruger, Marc Lawrence, Eva Le Gallienne, Lawrence Levin, Robert Lewis, Charles Martin, Burgess Meredith, Morris Morrison, Arnold Moss, Harold Moulton, Joyce Neitchie, Peter Railey, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, John Saltzman, Mary Sarton, Estelle Scheer, Elizabeth Schonberg, Blake Scott, Herbert Shapiro, William Steinhorn, Mary Tartar, Gordon Wallace, Mary Ward, Richard Waring, Allan Weaver

Director: Eva Le Gallienne

Producer: Civic Repertory Theatre, Inc.

1934 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Martin Beck Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 20, 1934

Total Performances: 77

Original Cast: Brian Aherne, Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, Katharine Cornell, Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, John Emery, Edith Evans, Reynolds Evans, Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, Joseph Holland, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready, Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern, Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen, Basil Rathbone, Pamela Simpson, Charles Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron, Orson Welles

Director: Guthrie McClintic

Choreographer: Martha Graham

Producer: Katharine Cornell

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

1935 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Martin Beck Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 23, 1935

Total Performances: 15

Original Cast: Evelyn Abbott, Carl Allan, Albert Allen, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, John Cornell, Katharine Cornell, John Cromwell, Charles Dalton, Shelton Earp, Maurice Evans, Reynolds Evans, Charlotte Fitch, Anne Froelick, Grant Gordon, Richard Graham, Lois Jameson, Alice John, Ruth March, Harriott Marshall, Irby Marshall, Gabrielle Morgan, Irving Morrow, David Orrick, Tyrone Power, Jr., Florence Reed, Ralph Richardson, Joseph Roeder, William Roehrick, Hudson Shotwell, Kurt Steinbart, Fred Thompson, David Vivian, Charles Waldron

Director: Guthrie McClintic

Choreographer: Martha Graham

Producer: Katharine Cornell

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

Costume Design: Jo Mielziner

1940 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 51st Street Theatre

Opening Night: May 09, 1940

Total Performances: 36

Original Cast: Virginia Burchfield, Mary Kane, Patricia Knight, Vivien Leigh, Nancie B. Marsland, Laurence Olivier, Charles Prescott, Howard Stark, Wesley Addy, William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Robert Busch, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Halliwell Hobbes, Barbara Horder, Ted Huish, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox, Charles Martin, Jack Merivale, Nan Merriman, Edmond O'Brien, Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton L. Stevens, John Straub, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, Dame May Whitty, Cornel Wilde

Director: Laurence Olivier

Producer: Laurence Olivier

Scenic Design: Motley

Costume Design: Motley

Lighting Design: Robert Edmond Jones

1951 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadhurst Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 10, 1951

Total Performances: 49

Original Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Isobel Elsom, Jack Hawkins, James Hayter, Malcolm Keen, Evelyn Varden, Douglas Watson, Dario Barri, Fran Benton, Rudy Bond, Robert Burr, Robert Duke, Marshall Flaum, Jack Fletcher, Alan Furlan, Paul Genge, Russell Gold, James Greene, Carl Harbord, Michael Higgins, Page Johnson, Buck Kartalian, Karl Light, John McKee, Gregory Morton, Felice Orlandi, Dorothy Patten, John Perkins, Gerald Price, Jo Rabb, Evangeline Raleigh, John Rallo, Herbert Ranson, Patricia Roe, William Smithers, Susan Svetlik, Fred Vogel

Director: Peter Glenville

Producer: Dwight Deere Wiman

Scenic Design: Oliver Messel

Costume Design: Oliver Messel

1956 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 24, 1956

Total Performances: 29

Original Cast: Ronald Allen, Claire Bloom, Peter Bowles, Jeremy Brett, Graeme Campbell, Wynne Clark, Juliet Cooke, Margaret Courtenay, Charles Gray, John Greenwood, Jack Gwillim, Ernest Hare, Edward Harvey, Denis Holmes, Sally Home, Donald Homer, Marion Hood, Fraser Kerr, Tom Kneebone, Aubrey Morris, Daniel Moynihan, Peter Needham, John Neville, Derek New, Timothy Parkes, Alan Penn, Bryan Pringle, Paul Rogers, Job Stewart, Keith Taylor, James Villiers, Charles West, Jennifer Wilson, John Woodvine, Richard Wordsworth

Director: Robert Helpmann

Producer: Old Vic Trust, Ltd. and Arts Council of Great Britain

Scenic Design: Loudon Sainthill

Costume Design: Loudon Sainthill

1962 Broadway Revival

Theatre: City Center

Opening Night: Feb 13, 1962

Original Cast: Edward Atienza, Rosalind Atkinson, Peter Baldwin, Linda Brandham, John Broster, Michael Graham Cox, Julian Curry, Joanna Dunham, Peter Forest, John Harwood, Elric Hooper, George Howe, Oswald Laurence, Martin Lawton, Fiona Leland, Sarah Long, Dan MacDonald, Michael Martin, Michael Meacham, Michael Pemberton, John Quentin, Malcom Reid, Peter Rocca, Diana Scougall, Job Stewart, John Stride, Irene Sutcliffe, Andre Van Gyseghem, John Wackett, Victoria Watts, Tim Wylton

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Choreographer: Pirmin Trecu

Scenic Design: Franco Zeffirelli

Costume Design: Peter J. Hall

1977 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Circle in the Square Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 17, 1977

Total Performances: 77

Original Cast: Pamela Payton-Wright, Paul Rudd, Jack Gwillim, Jan Miner, Lester Rawlins, David Rounds, Armand Assante, Daniel Ben-Zali, Jim Broaddus, Mark Cohen, Michael Forella, Erik Fredricksen, Richard Greene, Helen Harrelson, Delphi Harrington, K. C. Kelly, Tom Klunis, Dennis Lipscomb, Ruth Livingston, Christopher Loomis, Dennis Patella, Lisa Pelikan, Jennifer Savidge, John V. Shea, Peter Van Norden, Ray Wise

Director: Theodore Mann

Producer: Circle in the Square

Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee

Costume Design: John Conklin

Lighting Design: Thomas Skelton

1986 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Belasco Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 12, 1986

Original Cast: Arnold Bankston III, Christian Baskous, Deborah Bremer, Rocky Carroll, Ivonne Coll, Keith David, Mariye Inouye, Jeffery Logan, Jordan Lund, Judith Moreland, Rene Moreno, James Puig, Mac Randall, Michael Rivera, René Rivera, Regina Taylor, Ching Valdes-Aran

Director: Estelle Parsons

Producer: Joseph Papp

Scenic Design: Loren Sherman

Costume Design: Ruth Morley

Lighting Design: Victor En Yu Tan

2013 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Richard Rodgers Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 19, 2013

Total Performances: 93

Original Cast: Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad, Christian Camargo, Brent Carver, Chuck Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, Donté Bonner, Joe Carroll, Justin Guarini, Don Guillory, Corey Hawkins, Sheria Irving, Maurice Jones, Conrad Kemp, Geoffrey Owens, Spencer Plachy, Michael Rudko, Roslyn Ruff, Tracy Sallows, Thomas Schall, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Nance Williamson

Director: David Leveaux

Producer: Susan Bristow LLC, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Merritt Forrest Baer, Paula Marie Black, Stephen C. Byrd, Alia Jones Harvey, Jon B. Platt and Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley

Scenic Design: Jesse Poleshuck

Costume Design: Fabio Toblini

Lighting Design: David Weiner

Sound Design: David Van Tieghem

2024 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Circle in the Square Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 24, 2024

Total Performances: 133

Original Cast: Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler, Gabby Beans, Tommy Dorfman, Nihar Duvvuri, Sola Fadiran, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Taheen Modak, Jasai Chase Ownes, Gían Pérez