Baz Luhrmann takes on Romeo and Juliet
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Much Ado About Shakespeare
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Ben Lawrence talks to Telegraph film critic Tim Robey about Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film version of Romeo and Juliet - one of the greatest big-screen adaptations of Shakespeare. Discover more at www.telegraph.co.uk and www.rsc.org.uk/podcast Music fully licensed at www.epidemicsound.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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