The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.

On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”

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      8 months ago

      It’s a bit fucking different with theatre mate.

      Performances are done live for starters, it’d be fucking stupid if each play only ever performed once on one night.

    • @ABCDE
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      108 months ago

      It’s hundreds of years old. We haven’t had a big “remake” (it’s an adaptation, since it was a play originally) since the Leo version decades ago.

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          38 months ago

          Disgusting. Giving roles to other species is taking work away from homo sapiens.

      • @yeah
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        28 months ago

        And mercutio was the best part of that.