Learning on ScreenRomeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Full-length televised adaptation of the play with John Bailey and Rosalie Crutchley in the title roles.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 5 Oct 1947 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 120 mins
- Availability
- No recording known
Credits
- Director
- Michael Barry
- Producer
- Michael Barry
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- James Hartley
- Art Direction
- Stephen Bundy
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The BBC’s television programme for that day was extended for half-an-hour after the normal time in order to accommodate this broadcast.
- Reviews
- For producer Michael Barry "the intimacy of television allows of a much quicker pace in speech. That, together with the fact that we can go right through Romeo and Juliet without any interruption for scene changes, means that we can give it as seems to have been performed originally - a continuous performance from beginning to end" (qtd. in Radio Times, 3 October 1947, p. 33).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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