Every character has its foil: Romeo and Mercutio, Juliet and Roasline ... the Capulets' ball gets under way before Romeo and his pals on the street outside have finished their say.

Tybalt kills Mercutio. In revenge, Romeo kills Tybalt and is ordered to leave Verona. Image caption, Juliet’s family insist ... It definitely gets the fear across. I’d just like to see a ...

Then, in the early ‘80s, he took Ashton to see the black and white footage of the original ballet shot ... Juliet, Henning Kronstam as Romeo and Vongsaae’s husband, Frank Schaufuss, as Mercutio.