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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Curtis

Romeo & Juliet review: Sadie Sink is a magnificent Juliet in a powerful revival

Sadie Sink, the breakout star of Stranger Things who’s already a Broadway veteran at 23, is a magnificent Juliet in Robert Icke’s powerful revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy, physically delicate but with a steely passion. She is matched by Noah Jupe, the young British screen talent making an assured stage debut as an impetuous, boyish Romeo. Rarely has the brutal speed of the play’s events, and its juxtaposition of sudden violence and bombshell love, seemed as clear as it does in Icke’s staging.

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