Romeo and Juliet
- Summary
- 1978 BBC production of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the first in the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
- Theatre play
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 3 December 1978
- Time
- 8.10-9.20; 9.25-11.05pm
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Dawn Alcock
- Anthony Andrews
- Mark Arden
- Odette Barrow
- Robert Burbage
- Jeffrey Chiswick
- Roger Davidson
- Zulema Dene
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Paul Henry
- William Hobbs
- Celia Johnson
- Esmond Knight
- Cedric Messina
- Laurence Naismith
- Christopher Northey
- Joseph O’Conor
- Alvin Rakoff
- Patrick Ryecart
- Rebecca Saire
- John Savident
- Danny Schiller
- Alan Shallcross
- Geraldine Stephenson
- Gary Taylor
- James Tyler
- Stuart Walker
- William Walton
- Marguerite Young
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Alan Bowerman First Citizen Jack Carr Gregory John Gielgud Chorus Jacqueline Hill Lady Capulet Michael Hordern Capulet John Paul Montague Bunny Reed Abraham Alan Rickman Tybalt David Sibley Sampson Christopher Strauli Benvolio Jeremy Young First Watch
Additional details
- Play tags
- tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Romeo and Juliet (BBC, 1978)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 30 November 1978 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; article, p. 27; listing, with image, p. 41; long article on the BBC Television Shakespeare series, pp. 84-93
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