SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Television version of the highly acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company 1980 stage production directed for stage by Trevor Nunn and John Caird and adapted by David Edgar from Dickens’ novel. This episode features Nicholas’s time with the Crummles company, playing Romeo in their exuberant version of Romeo and Juliet which seeks a happy ending and defies death itself.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

14 Nov 1982 at 20:40 (Channel: Channel Four)

Duration

109 mins

Credits

Director

Jim Goddard; John Caird; Trevor Nunn

Producer

Colin Callender

Writer

Charles Dickens; David Edgar

Music

Stephen Oliver

Production Design

Dermot Hayes; John Napier; Neil Peter Jampolis

Cast

Roger Rees	Nicholas Nickleby (Romeo)
Christopher Benjamin	Vincent Crummles
Emily Richard	Kate Nickleby
Jane Downs	Mrs Nickleby
Lila Kaye	Mrs Crummles
Suzanne Bertish	Miss Snevellicci

Additional Details

Theatre

Old Vic Theatre

Theatre company

Royal Shakespeare Company

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

The televised production was filmed at the Old Vic.

History

Originally broadcast as the second episode of four; subsequently broadcast as two double episodes. The BFI National Archive copy is recorded off-air 30 December 1987. Broadcast on BBC4 in 9 30-minute episodes, beginning 15/12/2007.

Production Company

Name

Primetime Television

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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