SHAKESPEARE

Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: Sound recording of the Old Vic Company’s 1952-53 stage production of Romeo and Juliet with Claire Bloom and Alan Badel. Directed for stage by Hugh Hunt.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio; Radio
Transmission details: 7 Nov 1953 (Channel: NBC)

Credits

Additional Details

Theatre company: Old Vic Theatre Company
Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Plays: Romeo and Juliet
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General: The cast listed in the catalogue record is the cast on the British recording; it has been assumed that the NBC recording is the same cast.
History: The recording was released in 1987 on EMI’s ‘Listen for Pleasure’ label (currently deleted). The production was also broadcast on NBC 7 November 1953 in the ‘Old Vic Theater’ series and this recording is held by the Library of Congress, Recorded Sound Reference Division.

Production Company

Name: NBC

Archive

Name: British Library Sound Archive
Email: listening@bl.uk
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Phone: 020 7412 7676
Fax: 020 7412 7441
Address: 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Name: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
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Phone: (202) 707-7833
Address: Recorded Sound Reference Centre
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Room LM-113
Washington, DC 20540

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67149 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)