Sounds counterintuitive, right? This is the heart of the “Romeo and Juliet Effect,” a psychological phenomenon coined by Richard Driscoll, Keith Davis and Milton Lipetz. In their classic study ...

Why do some Shakespearean films floppeth, whilst others shine in pop culture like the morn’s first light?  Or something to that effect — I’m not attempting iambic pentameter. • Obituary: ‘Romeo and ...

Filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço brought the 18th-century novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" to modern day ...

Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard and directed by John Madden, Shakespeare in Love stars Joseph ... noblewomen’s daughter Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) inspires Romeo and Juliet. The ...

Her passionate portrayal of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation won enduring acclaim. In 2023, she sued over the ...

Olivia Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of ...

Leonard Whiting has shared a moving tribute to his Romeo and Juliet (1968) co-star Olivia Hussey Eisley, who died yesterday ...

Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," has died. She was 73. On Dec. 27, her ...