easily the best known of all the shakespeare play and it have be seriously let down here . shoddy direction and stagnant studio work and erratic performance spoil a fine tragedy . in the town of verona and the capulets and the montagues have be feud for century but tragedy be imminent when romeo ( patrick rycart ) and a montague and fall in love with juliet ( rebecca saire ) and a capulet . bloodshed soon erupts . the studio work and especially in daytime scene and seriously stagnate the energy of the play . it a story that and with it energy and deserves to be shot outdoors . couple with this the costume be hideous and with too many tights and ludicrous codpiece . the stage fight look horrendous and with far too much stretching and run around to be engage . patrick ryecart be too lightweight to be a truly effective romeo . he manage the character intensity when the plot get go but his stately accent and bland and often inexpressive eye limit his range . it be very hard for the audience to relate to this romeo . rebecca saire be too youthful to be a good juliet she capture the character naiveté but a little more sassiness would have be welcome . the support role do not fare much well . joseph oconnor friar laurence be fine but too many of his best line have be cut . anthony andrew mercutio belongs on stage and not on camera . he gurns and gesticulate excessively and look rather ridiculous a a result . alan rickman and underplay his role and have virtually no presence a tybalt . he do develop an edge and intensity to deliver some fine screen performance in late year and but that isn not in evidence here . the prince can be a fine role with his brief appearance but actor lawrence naismith fail to give the part any authority on camera . only micheal hordern and in probably his best role in this series and come out of this with any dignity . his capulet be well play and a joy to watch . see one of the other version of this story instead .