1968 Roméo Juliet Moresca What Is A Youth

Preceded by a dance, the ballad WHAT IS A YOUTH comes from the film Romeo Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli 1968. This is the filmed version I prefer of Shakespeare s play. The two actors are gracefully fresh: Olivia Hussey (as Juliet) is in her spring and Leonard Whiting (as Romeo) too, Olivia almost out of time. The tune What is a Youth was composed by Nino Rota for Eugene Walter lyrics. The song was sung by Glen Weston. After morisca danced on some medieval dance tunes, the ballad What Is A Youth