Romeo and Juliet

Alternative title

Royal Ballet in Rehearsal: Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis

A Royal Ballet dress rehearsal for Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. Complete ballet plus medium shot retakes of Act I scene iv and Act II (fight scene). Anthony Twiner is the pianist.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Notes

The BFI National Archive holds master material only, no viewing copy (10/2008).

Subjects

Dance

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Related items

Behind the Scenes with the Royal Ballet

Credits

Music

Sergei Prokofiev

Production Design

Nicholas Georgiadis

Costume

Nicholas Georgiadis

Choreographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Cast

Anthony Dowell
Betty Kavanagh
Christopher Newton (2)
David Blair
Derek Rencher
Desmond Doyle
Georgina Parkinson
Gerd Larsen
Julia Farron
Leslie Edwards
Margot Fonteyn
Michael Somes
Ronald Hynd
Rudolf Nureyev

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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