Romeo and Juliet (1955)

Synopsis

Version of the play adapted for television by Dallas Bower; Tony Britton is Romeo and Virginia McKenna is Juliet.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Notes

Production cost: £3.334 (BBC Play Library)
Cast: 59.

The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a television script.

A short extract from the play is included in THIS WAS THE FUTURE (BBC 11 December 1957), a survey of the first twenty one years of the BBC television service. A preservation copy of this title is held in the BFI National Archive.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Harold Clayton

Producer

Harold Clayton

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Cecily Arnold; Marshall Johnson

Art Direction

Roy Oxley

Adaptor for Television

Dallas Bower

Cast

Brian Moorehead
Colin Douglas
David Garth
David Horne
Eric Lander
Flora Robson
Harcourt Williams
Henry Davies
J. Leslie Frith
James Raglan
Jill Esmond
John Phillips
Laurence Payne
Michael Brennan
Noel Hood
Owen Holder
Peter Henchie
Richard Wordsworth
Robert Gage
Robert Scroggins
Tony Britton
Virginia McKenna

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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