
Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Virginia McKenna
Juliet Capulet

Tony Britton
Romeo Montague

Flora Robson
Nurse

Laurence Payne
Mercutio

Richard Wordsworth
Tybalt

Harcourt Williams
Friar Laurence
Eric Lander
Benvolio

Toy Story That Time Forgot
Toy Story That Time Forgot

The Great Lillian Hall
The Great Lillian Hall

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

J'ai envie de toi
J'ai envie de toi

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

The Seagull
The Seagull

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Othello
Othello

Impossible Catherine
Impossible Catherine

Hamlet
Hamlet

Othello
Othello

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice