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Romeo & Juliet, Rebecca M. Baker, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
Romeo & Juliet, Rebecca M. Baker, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
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Using the timelessness of this classic, Baker has set the play in Miami in the 1930’s. She reasons that this setting will celebrate the power of the play, as well as enhance the youthful feel for the audience. Along with using a relatively more modern setting all the while maintaining the Shakespearean structure, the script contains slight adjustments in language to help the audience better understand the plot of the story.