But for all the lauding the picture received, it included a bedroom scene that showed ... success and its status as the film version Romeo and Juliet, the actors had only minor careers following ...

Ebert mentions that "Zeffirelli got some criticism from purists by daring to show Romeo and Juliet awakening in her bed, no doubt after experiencing physical love," but otherwise does not ...

and for Romeo and Juliet, as for Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, night is blissful and day abhorrent. "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" As Juliet turns on her bedroom light ...