Their powerful actions set in motion disturbing consequences for a modern-day working-class couple, for an average French Huguenot family and its soon-to-be-betrothed daughter Brown Eyes, for the Nazarene/Christ, and for the enlightened, revolutionary and benevolent Prince Belshazzar.She saw a picture of Rachel Dawes, and noted that Alfred had left.They kissed, and with the power cutting out during a rain storm, they had sex together (off-screen).Later in front of a roaring fire, she spoke about her poor background, and offered to fly away with him on her plane.Laurence Olivier served as the uncredited off-screen narrator.Although much of Shakespeare""s dialogue was cut for he film (including much of Juliet""s potion speech in Act IV, Scene 3, and the death of Paris in Act V, Scene 3) and some of the renditions were garbled, it appealed to the youthful, counter-cultural generation of the late 60s with its realism, the passion of the lovers, the brief nudity of the couple on their wedding night (morning), and its contemporary feel.The witty and contrived story was told in flashback, regarding the preparations of an idealized young bride (17 year-old Elizabeth Taylor, who would go on to experience many weddings in her own personal life), and the repercussions, problems, and responsibilities involved in marrying off a daughter by the "father of the bride.