Learning on ScreenRomeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Michael Boyd with David Tennant as Romeo and Alexandra Gilbreath as Juliet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 7 Oct 2000
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Boyd
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- No period
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Three actors are credited on the RSC Performance Database as playing the Chorus. The role may have alternated or, more likely, all three actors may have spoken the lines.
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- Jackson, Russell. Romeo and Juliet (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2003)
[Studies post-World War II Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Romeo and Juliet through a detailed comparative analysis of how directors evoked Verona as setting, how they represented the main characters (Nurse, Friar Laurence, Mercutio, Romeo, and Juliet), and how they staged the ending.]
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
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