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Romeo & Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

English
Name Type Role
William Shakespeare Writer
Cedric Messina Producer
Alvin Rakoff Director
David Sibley Actor Sampson
Anthony Andrews Actor Mercutio
Paul Henry Actor Peter
John Gielgud Actor Chorus
Jack Carr Actor Gregory
Joseph O'Conor Actor Friar Laurence
Roger Davidson Actor Balthasar
Alan Rickman Actor Tybalt
Bunny Reed Actor Abraham
Jacqueline Hill Actor Lady Capulet
Patrick Ryecart Actor Romeo
Zulema Dene Actor Lady Montague
Celia Johnson Actor Nurse
Vernon Dobtcheff Actor Apothecary
Christopher Strauli Actor Benvolio
Rebecca Saire Actor Juliet
Esmond Knight Actor Old Capulet
Laurence Naismith Actor Prince Escalus
John Savident Actor Friar John
Christopher Northey Actor Paris
Michael Hordern Actor Capulet