SAMSON: A dog of the house of Montague moves me (1.1 5-7). GREGORY: But thou art not quickly moved to strike. Here Shakespeare's text shows Samson and Gregory of the house of Capulet exchanging in witty banter: The differences between these two works are distinctly illustrated in Act One, Scene One of the text and its matching film scene.
A closer reading, however, will also illuminate significant deviations in verse. A mere glance at the film will show anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the play that the two are ferociously different in terms of setting, costume, casting, music, and props.
