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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Will Kemp to appear in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet! (Again)

According to the London Evening Standard Will is going to playing “Mercutio” in a production of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet @ The Middle Temple Hall has part of their 400th year anniversary. Romeo is to be played by Santiago Cabrera from the TV Series Heroes and Juliet will be played by Juliet Rylance (daughter of the highly acclaimed actor and recent director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Mark Rylance). The production will be staged by Juliet’s own company Theatre of Memory and directed by Tamara Harvey (who directed Christian Slater in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). An interesting fact: The Shakespearian actor and comedian Will Kempe was in the original production of Romeo & Juliet at The Globe Theatre, playing the role of Peter!  

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