Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Canadian arts series. Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet with choreography by John Cranko and directed by Norman Campbell. Performed by the National Ballet of Canada with Veronica Tennant as Juliet and Earl Kraul as Romeo. The conductor is George Crum.
- Series
- Festival (Canada)
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 15 Sep 1965 at 21:30 (Channel: CBC)
- Duration
- 90 mins
Credits
- Director
- Norman Campbell
- Producer
- Norman Campbell
- Music
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Production Design
- Robert Lawson
- Costume
- Jurgen Rose
- Choreographer
- John Cranko
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- National Ballet of Canada
- Production type
- Dance
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Lord Wakehurst Ballet Film Collection Reel 13
Notes
- Notes
- LORD WAKEHURST BALLET FILM COLLECTION REEL 13 (catalogued separately) contains three minutes of rehearsal footage from this production. However different dancers are credited in the parts of Romeo and Juliet.
- General
- This was the first time Cranko allowed a company permission to perform one of his full-length ballets and Romeo and Juliet was the last ballet that the choreographer personally mounted for a company outside Stuttgart. The Canadian premiere took place at Montreal’s Place des Arts on April 14, 1964, with guest artists from the Stuttgart Ballet, Marcia Haydee and Ray Barra in the title roles.
- History
- The programme was first transmitted in April 1965. The Jerome Robbins Dance Archive copy is preceded by the introduction to a repeat transmission on 15 September 1965 as well as the original introduction by Peter Donat.
- Awards
- The production won the Prix Rene Barthelemy at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1966.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- dance@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 212 870 1657
- Fax
- 212 870 1869
- Address
- New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498
- Name
Library and Archives Canada
- Web
- http://www.collectionscanada.ca External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (613) 996-5115
- Fax
- (613) 996-6274
- Address
- 395 Wellington Street
Ottawa
ON K11 ON4
Canada
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66729 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)