<description>&lt;p&gt;Episode 163&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;My background reading while preparing the episode on Romeo and Juliet took me to many stories about and thoughts on the afterlife of the play and its continuing influence on western culture, what follows is just a few stories and thoughts that illustrate that continuing influence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Verona and Juliet’s Statue&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Juliet’s tomb&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cibber’s Juliet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Franco Zeffirelli’s film for the ‘love generation’&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;West Side Story&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support the podcast at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.patreon.com/thoetp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;www.patreon.com/thoetp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/thoetp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;www.ko-fi.com/thoetp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 163 My background reading while preparing the episode on Romeo and Juliet took me to many stories about and thoughts on the afterlife of the play and its continuing influence on western culture, what follows is just a few stories and thoughts that illustrate that continuing influence. Verona and Juliet’s StatueJuliet’s tombCibber’s JulietFranco Zeffirelli’s film for the ‘love generation’West Side Story Support the podcast at:<a href="http://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com</a><a href="http://www.patreon.com/thoetp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/thoetp</a><a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/thoetp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ko-fi.com/thoetp</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The History Of European Theatre

A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet

A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet

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