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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    I haven’t watched the Netflix show. Do they actually cast western actors in the roles during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (purge)?

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      Ye Wenjie is the only asian main characters that are completely true to the books and casted accordingly.

      Jin Cheng and Da Shi (replaces Cheng Xin) are the other Asian casted main characters. The rest of the main. Cast ist European/American

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          Sorry - moved him to the “Asian cast but changed character” part of my comment.

          Overlooked that part since his casting was literally perfect imho

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        Their version has a communist driven purge mass murdering artists and academics in Nebraska ?!

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          No. That person is messing with you.

          The China stuff in the past still happens in China.

          The present day stuff is a bunch of diff races now, not just Chinese.