Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet

Title

Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Jan 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

David Kermode reports on headmistress Jane Hardman Brown refusing to let children from Kingsmead Primary School on a Hackney estate watch Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden following the offer of free tickets from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, saying it is blatantly heterosexual and exposes children to dramatised gang warfare. She is also banning them taking part in a local production. Chairman of Hackney Council education committee Pat Corrigan, Hackney Council leader, John McCafferty and Conservative MP Terry Dicks comment. Includes music from the ballet.

Contributors

David Kermode; Terry Dicks; John McCafferty; Patrick Corrigan

Keywords

Theatre; Education; Teachers; Covent Garden; Hackney; Royal Opera House; Access to education; Dance; Ballet; Schoolchildren; William Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet; Prokofiev; Paul Hamlyn Foundation; Jane Brown; Kingsmead Primary School

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