Thread by @jonathanalewis

On the lovers' age. #InOurTime #RomeoAndJuliet #TeamEnglish

@OldFortunatus on the party scene. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Helen Hackett on the balcony scene. #InOurTime #RomeoAndJuliet #TeamEnglish

Who has power in Verona? #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

This is a love story - so why is there so much violence? #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On Friar Lawrence. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On the Nurse. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On Mercutio. "The death of Mercution is like a portcullis slamming down on the comedy." #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

"And when I shall die..." #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On links to #MidsummerNightsDream. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Which play was written first?#RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

#RomeoAndJuliet: a play for teenagers? #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On the Baz Luhrmann adaptation. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

"What a powerful myth this play provides..." #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Brilliant ideas here about the beginning of the play: prologue vs puns. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Loved this from @OldFortunatus on the end of the play - 'There can be no privacy for the lovers'. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

On 'the gothic aesthetic of the play'. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Final thought from Paul Prescott on the ending of the play and the old men failing to learn the lessons of the play. #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish

Juliet: an incomplete sonnet? #RomeoAndJuliet #InOurTime #TeamEnglish