The first Juliet was very much a girl, embodying every feminine virtue, and stereotype, for the time period, with very few subversions of gender role representation. Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest ongoing franchises, and like the characters of Hamlet or Lady Macbeth or even more modern favorites like Sherlock Holmes or James Bond, Juliet is a chameleon, portrayed differently in every production, with varied inflections based on the tastes of the time period, the inclinations of the director, and the individuality of the actor.
My love as deep the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite,” and other iconic Shakespeare selections.Īs boundless as Juliet’s blossoming love for Romeo are the calls to cast her.
But whether in a dramatic staging, Hollywood film, or a jukebox musical, every actor who takes on Juliet faces the same harrowing challenge: persuading the audience that she is the young, headstrong, devoted, and hopelessly-in-love heiress of an at-war noble house, all while reciting, “My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Obviously, the great Bard could not foresee the advances in technology that would usher Romeo and Juliet beyond his native London, nor could he predict how many actors would play her. When playwright William Shakespeare invented Juliet, the protagonist of his famous romantic tragedy, he crafted a timeless literary figure.
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