Watch Romeo and Juliet the play online with National Theatre at Home.

What is Romeo and Juliet about?

Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them.

This bold film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way.

Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor play Juliet and Romeo. The award-winning cast includes Tamsin Greig, Fisayo Akinade, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati, Deborah Findlay.

An original film from National Theatre.

Cast of Romeo and Juliet

Josh O’Connor (Romeo), Jessie Buckley (Juliet), Fisayo Akinade (Mercutio), Ella Dacres (Peta), Deborah Findlay (Nurse), Tasmin Greig (Lady Capulet), Ellis Howard (Sampson), Lloyd Hutchinson (Lord Capulet), David Judge (Tybalt), Adrian Lester (Prince), Lucian Msamati (Friar Laurence), Alex Mugnaioni (Paris), Shubham Saraf (Benvolio), Colin Tierney (Lord Montague).

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