It uniquely combines modern day setting and characters withtheoriginallanguage. ... Instead of being a costume drama set in the 15th century, Romeo and Juliet is transposed to modern-day Verona Beach. ... In the Luhrman version the dress is close to modern day attire, Hawaiian shirts and tuxedos. ... This is a very good way of not altering the script but staying close to a modern day likeness of the play. At the end of the scene where Prince Escalus says that if the two families fight again there will be deaths, Luhrman's version, he has used the modern day equivalent of a prince,...

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