Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis
A personal introduction to the play by Peggy Ashcroft, who talks about her first attempt at the role of Juliet as a twenty-three year old in John Gielgud’s first production for the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1932.
Series
Prefaces to Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
2 Dec 1978 at 17:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration
25 mins

Credits

Producer
Judith Bumpus
Contributor
Peggy Ashcroft
Cast
Peggy AshcroftJuliet

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Romeo and Juliet
Romeu e Julieta

Notes

History
The first in a series of radio talks given as curtain raiser to the transmission of the BBC Television Shakespeare plays.
Textual information
The edited transcripts of the radio talks on the individual plays are collected in Roger Sales’ Shakespeare in Perspective , Vols. 1 and 2 (London: Ariel Books/British Broadcasting Corporation), which were published in 1982 and 1985, respectively.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36573 (Accessed 13 Nov 2024)