Simon Palfrey on Romeo and Juliet

Prof. Simon Palfrey talks to Connell Guides founder, Jolyon Connell, about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Simon Palfrey is Professor of English Literature and Tutorial Fellow at Oxford University; he has also written ten books on Shakespeare and his plays, including The Connell Guide to Romeo and Juliet.
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Romeo and Juliet was too dangerous to adults with children. They might make their own decisions, take action without permission, choose for themselves to their detriment. In cutting the play, adults tried to show how wrong things can go without "wiser heads". They tried to show that love was destructive, excessive, and unsafe. When asked who is at fault for the outcome, the answer has to be; everyone is at fault.