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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 BowermanFirst Citizen
Jack CarrGregory
John GielgudChorus
Jacqueline HillLady Capulet
Michael HordernCapulet
John PaulMontague
Bunny ReedAbraham
Alan RickmanTybalt
David SibleySampson
Christopher StrauliBenvolio
Jeremy YoungFirst Watch

Additional details

Play tags
tragedy

Audiovisual sources

Title
Romeo and Juliet (BBC, 1978)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

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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