Only Rawaed Asde’s Romeo, in his denim jacket and jeans, looks like he might possibly have roped a steer or ridden a horse, but he also looks like he has just come home from school. Asde’s brother Roman Asde plays his sidekick Benvolio; both are newcomers, each listing one previous professional role each in the programme. Their very youthfulness plays into the narrative, with Romeo tugged hither and yon by testosterone, and retrieving one of his big love speeches from a crib sheet secreted in his back pocket.
Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe review: why is it set in the Wild West?
