Originally broadcast on television as an ITV schools programme in eight parts in 1976.
Special features: Romeo & Juliet: a family feud (featurette with Christopher Neame and David Robb); cast biographies: Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson, David Robb, Simon MacCorkindale, Robin Nedwell, Patsy Byrne, Peter Dyneley, Clive Swift; director's biography.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare, which was based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
Music by Musica Reservata ; music director, Michael Morrow ; fights arranged by William Hobbs ; make-up, Launa Bradish ; lighting director, Andy Andrews ; costume designer, Martin Baugh ; designer, Fred Pusey.
Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson, Laurence Payne, Mary Kenton, Peter Dyneley, Simon MacCorkindale, Arthur Hewlett, Clive Swift, Roger Tallon, Michael Macowan, Mark Rogers, Martin Read, Trevor St. John Hacker, Stephen Churchett, Robin Halstead, Seymour Green, Christopher Matthews (uncredited), Robert Oates (uncredited), Peter Jeffrey (Chorus) (uncredited).
DVD format; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo.
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