Welcome to the latest edition of Much ado about Shakespeare, a new podcast series from The Telegraph in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

In this latest episode, The Telegraph's Ben Lawrence chairs a discussion between Erica Whyman, deputy artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Emma Whipday, a Leverhulme early career fellow at University College London. We discuss how you deal with the consistent, visceral presence of violence within the play, how Erica's new production at Stratford-upon-Avon addresses that, and how 16th-century audiences would have responded to the tragedy.

Nima Taleghani (Abraham), Josh Finan (Benvolio) and Raphael Sowole (Tybalt) in the new RSC production of Romeo and Juliet Credit: RSC/Topher McGrillis

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In the final podcast to look at Romeo and Juliet, Telegraph film critic Tim Robey will share his love of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet - perhaps the greatest cinematic take on this most adapted of plays.

Karen Fishwick and Bally Gill in the new RSC production of Romeo and Juliet Credit: RSC/Topher McGrillis

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