BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Romeo and Juliet (Season 6, Episode 21)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

Romeo and Juliet (Season 6, Episode 21)

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

Harold Clayton

Writers

Dallas Bower (television adaptation) | William Shakespeare (play)

Producer

Harold Clayton

Production Designer

Roy Oxley

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Updated May 22, 1955

Release date

May 22, 1955 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Tony Britton Romeo Romeo See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Virginia McKenna Juliet Juliet See fewer	Born Free (1966)
Flora Robson Nurse Nurse See fewer	Clash of the Titans (1981)
Michael Brennan Peter Peter See fewer	Thunderball (1965)
Henry Davies Balthasar Balthasar See fewer	The Black Tulip (1956)
Colin Douglas Sampson Sampson See fewer	The Children of the New Forest (1964)
Jill Esmond Lady Capulet Lady Capulet See fewer	F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer (1933)
J. Leslie Frith Apothecary Apothecary See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Roger Gage Abraham Abraham See fewer	World Theatre (1959)
David Garth Friar John Friar John See fewer	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Peter Henchie Officer Officer See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Owen Holder Paris Paris See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Noel Hood Lady Montague Lady Montague See fewer	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
David Horne Capulet Capulet See fewer	Chamber of Horrors (1940)
Eric Lander Benvolio Benvolio See fewer	Jane Eyre (1956)
Brian Moorehead Gregory Gregory See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Laurence Payne Mercutio Mercutio See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
John Phillips Escales / Chorus Escales / Chorus See fewer	Village of the Damned (1960)
James Raglan Montague Montague See fewer	Operation Diplomat (1953)
Robert Scroggins Page Page See fewer	St. Ives (1955)
Harcourt Williams Friar Laurence Friar Laurence See fewer	Roman Holiday (1953)
Richard Wordsworth Tybalt Tybalt See fewer	Nicholas Nickleby (1957)