I teacher says that tomorrow you'll start studying Shakespeare. She says he's probably the greatest English language writer, ever, and you're really going to like it. Staff photo by Jay Capers Brendan Fox, the director of 'Romeo and Juliet,' shows the emotion he wants from his actors, Sam Robison, playing Romeo, behind Fox, and Troy Rudeseal, playing Benvolio, right. You go home, find a quiet, comfortable spot and splay the book in your lap, ready for a good read. Uh-oh, you think.
Actors have to work hard on it.
For children, it must be a labor. She thinks the theater can help. The school system will bus the students to the theater, where Thorp said they will get a first-rate rendition of the classic love story. Extending the effort to bringing masses of students to a full-blown production at the Hay Street playhouse just seemed logical, Thorp said. Superintendent Bill Harrison agreed.