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A drama star by accident, Buckley shines

This wasn’t supposed to be Jessie Buckley’s life, you know.
It was supposed to be all-music. She would do concerts and musicals, just as she’d been doing since she was a kid in County Kerry.
Instead … she’s a noted Shakespearean. “I am as surprised as everyone else,” Buckley (shown here) – starring with Josh O’Connor in a beautifully crafted “Romeo and Juliet,” at 9 p.m. Friday (April 23) on PBS – told the Television Critics Association. Read more…