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Director Simon Godwin on ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ now streaming on PBS

The Business · Apr 30, 2021 · 30m

The movie

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When the pandemic hit London, director Simon Godwin's National Theatre production of “Romeo & Juliet” shut down before it could open. So Godwin shot the play as a movie — never mind that he had never picked up a camera and couldn’t film outside the theater. Even without a trip to fair Verona, Godwin shot his movie, starring Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley, in a mere 17 days.

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