You Are There The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet (1597) (Season 2, Episode 26)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, History

You Are There

The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet (1597) (Season 2, Episode 26)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, History

It's December 26, 1597 and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is selected by Queen Elizabeth I to be performed at Court in Greenwich.

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Producers

James Fonda | Charles Russell (as Charles W. Russell)

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Feb 21, 1954 (United States)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Walter Cronkite Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
John Baragrey Earl of Essex Earl of Essex See fewer	The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Kendall Clark Francis Bacon Francis Bacon See fewer	You Are There (1953)
Mildred Dunnock Queen Elizabeth I (unconfirmed) Queen Elizabeth I (unconfirmed) See fewer	The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Bramwell Fletcher Edmund Tilney Edmund Tilney See fewer	The Mummy (1932)
Jerome Kilty Lord Robert Cecil Lord Robert Cecil See fewer	Art Carney Special (1959)
Richard Newton Benvolio Benvolio See fewer	Burke's Law (1963)
Herbert Rudley Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh See fewer	The Court Jester (1955)
Rod Steiger Romeo / Richard Burbage Romeo / Richard Burbage See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Ken Walken Juliet Juliet See fewer	You Are There (1953)
Douglass Watson Mercutio / William Shakespeare Mercutio / William Shakespeare See fewer	Another World (1964)