Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Michael Boyd with David Tennant as Romeo and Alexandra Gilbreath as Juliet.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 7 Oct 2000
Duration: 180 mins

General: Three actors are credited on the RSC Performance Database as playing the Chorus. The role may have alternated or, more likely, all three actors may have spoken the lines.
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: Jackson, Russell. Romeo and Juliet (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2003)
[Studies post-World War II Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Romeo and Juliet through a detailed comparative analysis of how directors evoked Verona as setting, how they represented the main characters (Nurse, Friar Laurence, Mercutio, Romeo, and Juliet), and how they staged the ending.]

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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