The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.
The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.
On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”
Maybe it would help a little to stop fucking remaking shit so much.
It’s a bit fucking different with theatre mate.
Performances are done live for starters, it’d be fucking stupid if each play only ever performed once on one night.
Originals require time, talent and certain risk. Those are in short supply.
It’s hundreds of years old. We haven’t had a big “remake” (it’s an adaptation, since it was a play originally) since the Leo version decades ago.
And mercutio was the best part of that.
Gnomeo and Juliet changed a name and they weren’t even human!
Warm Bodies did it and Romeo was dead the entire time!
It was reverse because he came back from the dead!
Disgusting. Giving roles to other species is taking work away from homo sapiens.