Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: Radio programme. A 5-part series in which actors read from some of the works which were the literary sources for Shakespeare’s plays. Introduced by Dr Carol Rutter and abridged by Gordon House. In the fifth and final episode Prunella Scales reads from Arthur Brooke’s poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562), Shakespeare’s main source for Romeo and Juliet.
Series: Shakespeare Stories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 18 Nov 2005 at 15:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration: 15 mins

Contributor

Carol Rutter; Claudine Toutoungi; Gordon House

Cast

Prunella Scales

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