William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

The popularity of the story of Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet is as immortal as their love. More and more generations are finding their own way to it. You can listen to one of the latest adaptations in a translation by Jiří Josek and directed by Markéta Jahodová. The central couple is Zuzana Kajnarová and Jan Dolanský. Persons and cast: Escalus, Duke of Verona (Petr Kostka), Mercuzio, a young nobleman, relative of the Duke and friend of Romeo (Martin Hofmann), Paris, a relative of the Duke (Martin Preiss), Montek, the head of a Verona family hostile to the Capulet family (Zdeněk Dolanský), Mrs Montek (Jelena Juklova), Romeo, Montek's son (Jan Dolanský), Benvolio, Montague's nephew and friend Romeo (Tomáš Petřík), Balthazar, Romeo's Servant (Miroslav Taborsky), Capulet, head of a Verona family hostile to the Montague family (Jiří Štěpnička), Mrs Capulet (Libuše Šafránková), Tybalt, Mrs Capulet's nephew (Tomas Matonoha), Julie, Capulet's daughter (Zuzana Kajnarová), nanny (Simona Stasova), Peter, Julia's nanny's servant (David Hook), Samson, a servant from the Capulet house (Ladislav Hampl), Gregory, a servant from the house of Capulet (Matěj Hádek), Father Lorenzo, Franciscan monk (Jan Hartl), Brother John, Franciscan monk (Hanuš Bor), pharmacist (Ilya Racek) and others.