Star Cross’d: Laura Dockrill’s Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: STAR CROSS’D is poet, writer and illustrator Laura Dockrill’s contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet.
The film is set on a windswept English beach, where ‘two houses, both alike in common crime’ wage an ice cream war. The video is part of a series of films commissioned by the British Council throughout 2016.
Series: Shakespeare Lives 2016
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2016
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)