Romeo And Juliet The Stratford Festival

(4.7 stars; 7 reviews)

Romeo And Juliet Sunday Showcase 3-part drama Stratford Festival Festival Theatre, Stratford Ontario Directed by Miles Potter 1 SUNDAY SHOWCASE: This week on Sunday Showcase...Part One of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Two families divided by hatred; two young people smitten by first love. Thus the stage is set for one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of secret joys and tragic misfortune. That's on Sunday Showcase starting at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. 2 SUNDAY SHOWCASE: This week on Sunday Showcase...Part Two of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. Two families divided by hatred; two young people smitten by first love. Thus the the stage is set for one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of secret joys and tragic misfortune. That's on Sunday Showcase starting at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. 3 SUNDAY SHOWCASE: This week on Sunday Showcase...Part Three of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. Two families divided by hatred; two young people smitten by first love. Thus the the stage is set for one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of secret joys and tragic misfortune. That's on Sunday Showcase starting at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. Director Miles Potter has a new take on the play that many will be interested in hearing: he does it as it’s written. For the first time in twenty years at Stratford the action is set in Renaissance Italy with the actors in period costume. More importantly, Potter has Graham Abbey and Claire Jullien play the star-crossed lovers as the ages specified in the text. This has the beneficial effect of changing how we view these familiar characters and clarifying the themes of the play.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.