This essay describes how the story Romeo and Juliet is altered when transferred from stage to the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Romeo and Juliet - From Stage to Film Romeo and Juliet is, arguably, one of the most popular plays of all time. Since the first performance in the 16th century, audiences have been captivated by the story of two amorous adolescents fighting against the odds to consummate their dream of lifelong love as dissension between their families and inhospitable circumstances threaten to rend their hopes to pieces and divest them of their lives. It is …

…can lose herself in the overflow of talent, the beauty of language, the power of imagination. When the power to imagine is destroyed by greedy capitalists looking to make a quick buck, a world is lost in the process. It is a world that has existed for thousands of years, but one which is in serious danger of becoming extinct. "For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."