Learning on ScreenRomeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Televised adaptation of the play produced by Cedric Messina with Kika Markham as Juliet and Hywel Bennett as Romeo.
- Series
- Play of the Month
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 3 Dec 1967 at 19:50 (Channel: BBC1)
- Duration
- 135 mins
Credits
- Director
- Alan Cooke
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Art Direction
- Eileen Diss
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The production was much acclaimed. The BBC Audience Research Viewing Panel Report noted praise for the camerawork which ‘flowed with vigour and pace’.
- General
- Michael Gambon, who later played the lead in the famous television series The Singing Detective makes an appearance as Gregory, a member of the Capulet household.
- History
- The production is one of the first in a series of eight Shakespeare plays produced for BBC by Cedric Messina who was to launch the production of the BBC TV Shakespeare series three years later.
- Figures
- Reaction Index 77. Watched by 7.6% of the available audience.
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
W1T 1LN
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
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