Count Paris - Performances

Performances

A mock-Victorian revisionist version of Romeo and Juliet's final scene forms part of the 1980 stage-play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. This version is a happy ending: Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Paris are restored to life, and Benvolio reveals that he is Paris' love, Benvolia, in disguise.

In Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, he is named "Dave Paris," and is played by Paul Rudd. His familial relationship with Escalus (called "Captain Escalus Prince") is removed entirely from the film, and Dave Paris is not stated as being a nobleman, but is rather a wealthy business magnate and a governor's son.

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