Romeo and Juliet
- Alternative title
- The Shakespeare Plays
- Synopsis
- Television production starring Patrick Ryecart as Romeo and Rebecca Saire as Juliet; with Alan Rickman as Tybalt.
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 31 Jan 1978
- Transmission details
- 3 Dec 1978 (Channel: BBC2)
Credits
- Director
- Alvin Rakoff
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- James Tyler
- Costume
- Odette Barrow
- Art Direction
- Stuart Walker
- Choreographer
- Geraldine Stephenson
- Contributor
- Alan Shallcross
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Renaissance Italy
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet
Notes
- Notes
- The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry).
- Figures
- This is the opening production in the BBC’s complete cycle of the plays. Recording took six days.
Viewing figure 1.9 million. Ten years earlier THE FORSYTE SAGA was commanding a regular audience of 17million; three weeks after the transmission of ROMEO AND JULIET, the film THE SOUND OF MUSIC got an audience of 26 million. - Textual information
- Between 1978 and 1986 the BBC published individual scripts of the series. Each volume of The BBC TV Shakespeare, ed. Peter Alexander et al. (London: British Broadcasting Corporation) contains the full text of the play (the Peter Alexander edition) with accompanying notes on the scene breaks and cuts made in the production, as well as a glossary. A general introduction to the play by series literary advisor John Wilders is followed by an essay on the production of the play by Henry Fenwick. This is based on interviews with actors, directors, and designers.
- Reviews
- Susan Willis, The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Name
Time-Life Films Inc
- Phone
- 0101 201 843 4545
- Address
- PO Box 644
NJ 07652
USA
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Simply Media
- Contact
- Laura Smith
- info@simplymedia.tv
- Web
- http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0203 542 3722
- Address
- Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ - Notes
- Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
- Name
Trumedia Ltd
- Contact
- Bill Cotton
- sales@trumedia.co.uk
- Web
- https://trumedia.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01865 847837
- Fax
- 01865 847837
- Address
- 9 Meadow View
Kidlington
Kidlington
OX5 2XY - Notes
- Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.
Online Retailer
- Name
Moviemail
- Web
- https://www.simplyhe.com/3000-moviemail External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 848 2000
- Address
- Simply Home Entertainment
PO Box 7741
Ringwood
BH24 9FA
UK - Notes
- As of December 2016 the Moviemail web presence is incorporated within the Simply Media website
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/18540 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)