In the four centuries since Romeo and Juliet was first performed, Shakespeare's tragic tale of "star cross'd lovers" has been recast into formats from high school comedy to musical theater.

自《罗密欧与朱丽叶》首演400年来，莎翁的这部讲述”遭受命运毒箭的恋人”的作品被改编成了校园喜剧、音乐剧等各种形式。

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One of them is "Glee," a popular comedy about a high school musical group.

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The comedy star attended Donnington Junior School and won a scholarship to the City of Oxford High School for Boys, which is now Oxford University History Faculty building, in George Street.

BBC: Ronnie Barker

The Mr Bean star plays the title role in Quartermaine's Terms, Simon Gray's 1981 tragi-comedy about teachers at an English language school.

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Jackie Chan, who transformed himself from a Chinese film star into a Hollywood action comedy legend, trained at a Peking Opera school.

BBC: Chinese Hamlet in 'Jackie Chan style'