This early recognition led to a busy and highly successful decade during which they became Gielgud's regular collaborators, working with him on such productions as his celebrated Romeo and Juliet (1935), in which he alternated the parts of Romeo and Mercutio with Laurence Olivier,and his Hamlet of 1936.
Shakespeare references such elflocks in Romeo and Juliet in Mercutio's speech of the many exploits of Queen Mab, where he seems to imply the locks are only unlucky if combed out.
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The company toured Europe and North America in 1972 with Barrie portraying Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Lucio in Measure for Measure.
After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth as well appearing in the title roles in The Toyer, Hamlet, and in a 1995 production of "Variations on the Death of Trotsky".
Originally from Greenbelt, Maryland, Joe Pug attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), where he performed in the school's drama department, playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Argan in Molière's The Hypochondriac, among other roles.
His first notable screen role was in 1968 as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet; he was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance.
Jean-Christophe Maillot entrusts him roles in his creations: Dov'è la Luna, Vers un Pays Sage, Opus 40, Miniatures, D'Une Rive à l'Autre, Men's Dance, Noces, Eye for an Eye (wolf), Cinderella (the four friends), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), La Belle (the father of Prince), le Songe (les artisans), Altro Canto.