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Title: ROMEO AND JULIET

Reference number: 11283

Date: 1997, April

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 170.48 mins

Description: A recording of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by John Cranko and performed by Scottish Ballet, filmed at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in 1997. [Cranko’s version of the ballet was originally created for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1962]

The well-known story of Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of two young people whose chance of love and happiness is destroyed by the bitter feuding of their families (ended only by the lovers’ death) and unhappy twists of fate.

See also refs. 11276, (11284) and 11285

Please note this is a copy of the raw capture of the original analogue video for preservation and as such may display defects such as dropout, washed out colour and sound fluctuation.

Credits: [Choreographer: John Cranko
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Reproduced and staged by: Georgette Tsinguirides
Design: Jurgen Rose
Lighting: Graham Large]

Shotlist: Act One: 03:34-55:02

Act Two: 01:16:28-01:46:09

Act Three: 02:07:13-02:41:41

Curtain call: 02:41 55-02:43:17