Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Radio transmission from Paris of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony to words from Shakespeare’s play (adapated by Emile Deschamps). D. E. Ingelbrecht conducts the Orchestre National and the Choir of Radiodiffusion Francaise.
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 6 Jul 1950 at 20:50 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 100 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known
Credits
- Writer
- Emile Deschamps
- Music
- Hector Berlioz
- Contributor
- D. E. Ingelbrecht
- Cast
Camille Maurane Romeo Jacqueline Delusseux Juliet Andre Vessiere Mercutio
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- In the Radio Times programme note for this entry, Harold Rutland notes that for Berlioz the specific quality of the love between Romeo and Juliet could only be expressed in instrumental language, "by virtue of its vagueness incomparably more powerful than any words sung or spoken".
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67202 (Accessed 17 Nov 2024)