Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1991 production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by David Leveaux with Clare Holman as Juliet and Michael Maloney as Romeo.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 16 Jan 1992
Duration: 180 mins

General: Children were played by Liam Askins, Gavriely Gavriel, Thomas Horton and Matthew Reeve.
History: Press night 28 August 1991. The production transferred to the Barbican.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: "This is a handsome and vigorous production beautifully designed with renaissance panels. But it is prosaic and not poetic. Even Juliet’s balcony looks as if it has been built by MFI." Maureen Paton, Daily Express (London), 25 June 1992.

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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