Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis
Sound recording of Romeo and Juliet directed by Margaret Webster with Robert C. Fine as recording engineer. Eva Le Gallienne and Richard Waring in the title roles. Margaret Webster speaks the Prologue and the incidental music, adapted from Tchaikovsky, is adapted and conducted by George Cory.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Year of release
1950

Credits

Director
Margaret Webster
Producer
Robert C. Fine
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
George Cory; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cast
Richard WaringRomeo
Eva La GallieneJuliet
Dennis KingMercutio
David Lewis (2)Friar Laurence
Florence EdneyNurse
Arthur Lewis (2)Paris
Dion AllenPeter
Frederick RolfEscalus, Prince of Verona
Frederick RolfApothecary
Frederick RolfSampson
John KrchniakAbram
John KrchniakBalthasar
John StraubMontague
John StraubFriar John
Kendall ClarkTybalt
Larry GatesCapulet
Margaret WebsterChorus
Marion EvensenLady Capulet
Preston HansonBenvolio

Additional Details

Theatre company
Margaret Webster Theatre Company
Production type
Sound Recordings(Commercial)
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Record number: 29E Atlantic 204/5. Also marketed by Miller Brody in New York: record number MW1501/2.

Production Company

Name

Atlantic

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

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email
rha@nypl.org
Web
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Phone
(212) 870 1663
Address
New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70878 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)