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There’s been many different versions of the classic story, Romeo and Juliet. There’s been movies, stories, and completely different things made from the Shakespearean drama. In 1961 Jerome Robbins directed a film called “West Side Story,” which is a take-off of Romeo and Juliet. There has been around 35 different productions of the original story and it has been filmed and written in over 13 languages. Two very popular films are the 1968 version, directed by Franco Zefirelli, and the 1936 version, directed by George Cukor, are both very similar and very different.
The balcony scene is probably the most quoted part of Romeo and Juliet to this date. A very crucial moment to the play that should be reenacted delicately. In both the 1936 and 1968 versions, the balcony scene is followed out perfectly. The emotion in both films is strong and loving. Both movies start off with Romeo climbing the wall into the Capulet’s orchard. Then Romeo hides behind something while Juliet speaks to the moon and they eventually pop out. Both movies also cut the lines when Juliet calls Romeo back before he leaves.
Although there are similarities there are also many differences between the two movies. In the 1968 version Romeo and Juliet are very touchy feely and kiss each other and hold each other for a really long time, but in the 1936 version the only time where they touch is when Romeo grabs Juliet’s hand. There was also an extreme difference in the set design. The version directed by Cukor was more elegant with a beautiful garden and a fancy balcony. But on the contrary the Zefirelli production made the balcony seem almost dark and eerie sticking out in the back of the castle. The bushes weren’t pretty or elaborate either.
Both films were very different from the prompt book I had created for the balcony scene. In my version Romeo and Juliet sound distressed and almost angry at each other because in my eyes they’re not very understanding of each other’s...