Learning on ScreenRomeo and Juliet
- 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
- Transmission details
- 22 May 1955 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 135 mins
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
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- 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. - Stills
- Stills of the production kept at the BFI National Archive, London.
- Reviews
- For more production information and evaluation cf. Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 541, p. 253.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
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