Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in Romeo and Juliet, which ran for a month at the 51st St. Theater (later the Mark Hellinger; now a church) in 1940. Dame May Whitty played Juliet's nurse, Edmond O'Brien was Mercutio, and Cornell Wilde was Tybalt. Olivier produced, directed, and (lavishly) designed the production in addition to starring in it. The critics were not kind: "Much scenery: no play," said Brooks Atkinson in the Times. Time magazine said that Leigh “looked like a poem but had no sense of poetry.” Leigh and Olivier were several years into a passionate romance that would, a few months after the play, result in marriage.
Tom Holland and Zendaya were seen last Friday, May 10th, going to lunch during the actor's break from rehearsals for 'ROMEO & JULIET'. The actress returned home immediately after the MET Gala and is watching the play, which begins its previews tomorrow, the 13th.
Ahh my favorite genre of musical songs: Wife of famous historical douchebag laments about her life and her conflicted feelings towards her husband and his other lovers/passions