SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Royal Ballet in Rehearsal: Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis

A Royal Ballet dress rehearsal for Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. Complete ballet plus medium shot retakes of Act I scene iv and Act II (fight scene). Anthony Twiner is the pianist.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Recording date

1965

Duration

190 mins; 4175 (16mm) feet

Credits

Music

Sergei Prokofiev

Production Design

Nicholas Georgiadis

Costume

Nicholas Georgiadis

Choreographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Cast

Rudolf Nureyev	Romeo
Margot Fonteyn	Juliet
David Blair	Mercutio
Ronald Hynd	Friar Laurence
Gerd Larsen	Nurse
Anthony Dowell	Benvolio
Betty Kavanagh	Lady Montague
Christopher Newton (2)	Montague
Derek Rencher	Paris
Desmond Doyle	Tybalt
Georgina Parkinson	Rosaline
Julia Farron	Lady Capulet
Leslie Edwards	Escalus, Prince of Verona
Michael Somes	Capulet

Additional Details

Theatre company

Royal Ballet Company

Production type

Dance

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Dance

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Related items

Behind the Scenes with the Royal Ballet

Notes

Notes

The BFI National Archive holds master material only, no viewing copy (10/2008).

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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