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The Nurse (Deirdre O'Connell) and Juliet (Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens) in Romeo & Juliet

Season 54 Episode 5 | 2m 59s

Juliet (Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens) waits impatiently for the Nurse (Deirdre O'Connell) to return with news of Romeo.

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.

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