What do you know about the Italian city of Verona?
It's also famous as the setting for one of the most famous plays:
Shakespeare In Verona: The Home Of Romeo & Juliet
Here's a good overview for students:
EFL / ESL Materials | Romeo and Juliet
And here here's a modern updating of the play:
Romeo and Juliet 1996 trailer - YouTube
It has also been adapted into a ballet - by Tchaikovsky:
Romeo & Julia | Tchaikovsky-Ballet - YouTube
And by Prokoviev - with the same scene:
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet -- Tybalt-Mercutio-Romeo fight scene (Macmillan) - YouTube
With a film of the original staging in Moscow [from 9:15]
"The Magic of Romeo and Juliet" - The story of Prokofiev's great ballet - YouTube
With a fabulous staging in Budapest from 2020:
Romeo and Juliet | About | Great Performances | PBS
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words, BBC iPlayer | Culture Whisper
The Making of Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words | Great Performances | PBS
Then there is West Side Story:
Which Spielberg filmed last year:
Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios - YouTube
But here's the original from 1961:
West Side Story - Prologue - Official Full Number - 50th Anniversary (HD) - YouTube
West Side Story ' Dance at the Gym ' Mambo 日本語字幕 - YouTube
West Side Story - Cool (1961) HD - YouTube
It really is a 'great piece of art':
The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate - The New York Times
Why West Side Story is a Masterpiece - YouTube
See also:
Jay Doubleyou: high culture > popular culture --- high register > low register
Jay Doubleyou: learn english through dance
Jay Doubleyou: learning english through musicals
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