SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feature film. An early comedy in the CARRY ON cycle featuring Ted Ray as the headmaster of an undisciplined school. Includes an unruly performance of a school play, Romeo and Juliet, with unmelodic accompaniment from the school orchestra, which features the balcony scene (II ii) and the last scene. There is also a sequence in which an embarrassed teacher (Williams) attempts to answer questions from his class about why their text has been bowlderised, and another in which a teacher (Connors) woos a school inspector with quotations from the sonnets.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1959

Duration

86 mins; 7,771 feet

Credits

Director

Gerald Thomas

Producer

Peter Rogers

Cinematographer

Reginald Wyer

Screenplay

Norman Hudis

Music

Bruce Montgomery

Cast

Richard O’Sullivan	Robin Stevens (Romeo)
Diana Beevers	Penelope Lee (Juliet)
Charles Hawtrey	Michael Bean
Hattie Jacques	Grace Short
Joan Sims	Sarah Allcock
Kenneth Connor	Gregory Adams
Kenneth Williams	Edwin Milton
Leslie Phillips	Alistair Grigg
Ted Ray	William Wakefield

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); School productions

Production Company

Name

Beaconsfield Film Productions

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets