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

Duration

4 mins

Credits

Director

Hector; Rick Stanton

Producer

Penny Gabriel

Cinematographer

Deepa Keshvala

Writer

Laura Dockrill; William Shakespeare

Cast

Frankie Wade	Romeo
Sydney Lima	Juliet

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

Bark

Sponsor

Name

British Council