The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.

On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”

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    8 months ago

    I hate to break it to you but mermaids aren’t actually humans and their Vitamin D biology is probably completely different.

    The actual crimes committed in the live-action remake is the atrocious colour grading and the script.

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      8 months ago

      And the cgi animals and the fact that the king probably sleeps around as each of his daughters is so different from the others.