In Series 4, his character is a Knight of Camelot.He has appeared in eleven episodes throughout Series 3 and Series 4 as of December 4, 2011. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness … All rights reserved. Tomiwa Edun was born in 1984 in Lagos, Nigeria. , , William Shakespeare Adetomiwa Edun is an actor who plays Elyan, Gwen's brother, in BBC television series, Merlin. Holly Atkins (That may be because the production is as hazy as to where Juliet's bedroom is located as it is about the entrance to the Capulet vault.) Ellie Kendrick and Adetomiwa Edun as Juliet and Romeo wear an exuberant youthful energy but do not evoke the intensity of pain that simmers inside the tragedy. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare’s verse. Adetomiwa Edun as Romeo Ellie Kendrick as Juliet Globe Player (2009) Olivia Hussey as Juliet Leonard Whiting as Romeo Romeo and Juliet (1968) Douglas Booth as Romeo Hailee Steinfeld as Juliet Romeo & Juliet (2013) The Prologue: If you just want to start reading, here's the place to start. Miranda Foster , Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is clearly a nice lad, and might be more passionate if Ellie Kendrick's touchingly serious, doll-like Juliet showed a little more emotion. The Elizabethan worlds of the two rival families, the intermediaries and the commoners are rendered convincing by the design of the play. The art of enactment of literariness shapes the use of physicality, the projection of metaphors and the stab at communicating humour and pathos. Photograph: Tristram Kenton. Ellie Kendrick Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition. Andrew Vincent Philip Cumbus , The show opened with a bird’s eye view of the Globe as the audience making an assembly seems to mingle with the fictitious characters of Verona who pitch their camps on stage. But for all its initial urgency, and a beautifully staged ball scene where the young lovers first catch each other's eye, this evening, like a great many love affairs, simply peters out. A moment from the play, Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare's Globe. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is clearly a nice lad, and might be more passionate if Ellie Kendrick's touchingly serious, doll-like Juliet showed a little more emotion. Michael O'Hagan Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is a 2010 English Film stars Adetomiwa Edun , Dominic Dromgoole , Ellie Kendrick , Jack Farthing , Philip Cumbus , Holly Atkins , Michael O'Hagan , Miranda Foster , Ukweli Roach , Tom Stuart , Rawiri Paratene , Andrew Vincent , William Shakespeare , directed by Dominic Dromgoole & music by . , , As we continue to fight a pandemic that forbids the liveness of theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe released online the famous tale of forbidden love — Romeo and Juliet, directed by Dominic Dromgoole and filmed by Kriss Russman. Rawiri Paratene Penny Layden's nurse is real flesh and blood, too, not the bawdy caricature of tradition. Ukweli Roach Its clarity is no substitute for real passion. All Rights Reserved, Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Songs are not available at this moment. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence.