1968 Romeo and Juliet

[David Ferry]

I saw the excellent blu ray recording from the great Langham Henry 5 with Douglas Rains (Stratford Festival Archives, remastered from the CFTO half inch Video recording) and the French characters speak in French...I believe Diana Leblanc played the princess.



David Ferry
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> On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Tibor Egervari <tiboregervari at SYMPATICO.CA> wrote:
> 
> Hello Wes, 
> 
> I have seen the production and my recollection is that it was not bilingual. If I remember correctly, not even the 1966 (?) production of Henry V was,  even if all the French characters were played by French Canadian (Québécois) actors with their natural accent. 
> 
> Tibor Egervari
> University of Ottawa
> 
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:02:15 -0600
> From: Wes.Pearce at UREGINA.CA
> Subject: 1968 Romeo and Juliet
> To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> 
> From the preliminary research I've been able to do, the 1968 Stratford production of Romeo and Juliet was in English although critics have commented that Louise Marleau's English was heavily accented.  I guess my question is, this wasn't a bilingual production was it? 
>  
> I had heard rumours that it was but those rumours seem to be false.
>  
> Can anyone confirm my suspicions?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Wes
> 
> Wes D. Pearce
> Associate Dean (Undergraduate) 
> Faculty of Fine Arts
> University of Regina
> S4S 0A2
> 306 585 5571
>  
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