Romeo and Juliet

Alternative title: BBC Radio Collection: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet, adapted for radio by Peter Kavanagh. With Douglas Henshall as Romeo and top model Sophie Dahl as Juliet. Original music composed and performed by Mia Soteriou except for the song Silver Sound, which is performed by Harry Myers. The production is set in present-day Verona.
Series: Sunday Play, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio; Radio
Transmission details: 3 Oct 1999 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 175 mins
Availability: Sale

Notes: Director Peter Kavanagh decided to set the production ‘in the urban and urbane society of modern Italy’ so that the soundscape, according to Radio Times programme notes, is made up of ‘hissing espresso machines and buzzing Lambrettas’ (2-8 October 1999, p.119).
Commercially released as part of the BBC Radio collection series in 1999, cassettes and CDs of the production that include an introduction by Richard Eyre and an essay by director Peter Kavanagh are available for sale from the BBC Shop (www.bbcshop.com) or through retail outlets.
History: Broadcast as part of the BBC’s Shakespeare for the New Millennium season on Radio 3, in which the BBC mounted 17 new productions of Shakespeare in the space of four years. The emphasis of the productions is on a contemporary, innovative approach. The project was done in collaboration with BBC Worldwide, who were also responsible for the commerical release.
Documentation: Accompanying booklet.

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