BBC Play of the Month Romeo and Juliet (Season 3, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC Play of the Month

Romeo and Juliet (Season 3, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Drama

In Shakespeare's classic play, 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.

Director

Alan Cooke

Writer

William Shakespeare (play)

Producer

Cedric Messina

Composer

Raymond Jones

Production Designer

Eileen Diss

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 3, 1967

Release date

Dec 3, 1967 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 14 nominations

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Kika Markham Juliet Juliet See fewer	Killing Me Softly (2002)
Hywel Bennett Romeo Romeo See fewer	Neverwhere (1996)
John Gielgud Chorus Chorus See fewer	Arthur (1981)
Thora Hird Nurse Nurse See fewer	Lost for Words (1999)
Michael Gambon Gregory (as Mike Gambon) Gregory (as Mike Gambon) See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Ronald Pickup Mercutio Mercutio See fewer	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Charles Kay Tybalt Tybalt See fewer	Amadeus (1984)
Ronald Cunliffe Samson Samson See fewer	The Old Curiosity Shop (1962)
Edward Burnham Capulet Capulet See fewer	To Sir, with Love (1967)
Stephanie Bidmead Lady Capulet Lady Capulet See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Robert Gillespie Peter Peter See fewer	The Black Brigand (1956)
Michael O'Hagan Balthasar Balthasar See fewer	End of Days (1999)
Brian Badcoe Montague Montague See fewer	Fanny by Gaslight (1981)
Clare Austin Lady Montague Lady Montague See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1954)
David Griffin Benvolio Benvolio See fewer	Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Anthony Newlands Friar Laurence Friar Laurence See fewer	Walk a Crooked Mile (1961)
Michael Godfrey The Prince The Prince See fewer	The Message (1976)
Jonathan Dennis Paris Paris See fewer	Nana (1968)
Julius Alba Apothecary Apothecary See fewer	BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Derrick Gilbert Friar John Friar John See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Brian Coburn Officer Officer See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)