Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: Canadian arts series. Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet with choreography by John Cranko and directed by Norman Campbell. Performed by the National Ballet of Canada with Veronica Tennant as Juliet and Earl Kraul as Romeo. The conductor is George Crum.
Series: Festival (Canada)
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 15 Sep 1965 at 21:30 (Channel: CBC)
Duration: 90 mins

Director

Norman Campbell

Producer

Norman Campbell

Music

Sergei Prokofiev

Production Design

Robert Lawson

Costume

Jurgen Rose

Choreographer

John Cranko

Cast

Notes: LORD WAKEHURST BALLET FILM COLLECTION REEL 13 (catalogued separately) contains three minutes of rehearsal footage from this production. However different dancers are credited in the parts of Romeo and Juliet.
General: This was the first time Cranko allowed a company permission to perform one of his full-length ballets and Romeo and Juliet was the last ballet that the choreographer personally mounted for a company outside Stuttgart. The Canadian premiere took place at Montreal’s Place des Arts on April 14, 1964, with guest artists from the Stuttgart Ballet, Marcia Haydee and Ray Barra in the title roles.
History: The programme was first transmitted in April 1965. The Jerome Robbins Dance Archive copy is preceded by the introduction to a repeat transmission on 15 September 1965 as well as the original introduction by Peter Donat.
Awards: The production won the Prix Rene Barthelemy at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1966.