Romeo and Juliet (1986)
By William Shakespeare
Our 1986 production of Romeo and Juliet was directed by Declan Donnellan and featured two actors who are now British household names, Ralph Fiennes as Romeo and Richard (Hugh) Bonneville as Abram. It was in fact, Hugh Bonneville's stage debut.
The cast
Hugh Bonneville
Abram
Karl James
Balthazar
Andrew Collins
Benvolio
Peter Wyatt
Montague
Carolyn Backhouse
Lady Montague
Ralph Fiennes
Romeo
Robert Merry
Sampson
Glyn Pritchard
Peter
David O'Hara
Tybalt
Peter Whitbread
Capulet
Philippa Gail
Lady Capulet
Dilys Hamlett
Nurse
Sarah Woodward
Juliet
John Gay
Old Capulet/Friar John
Paul Raffield
Escalus
Ben Cole
Paris
Nicholas Wolff
Mercutio
Philip Bowen
Friar Laurence
Beverley Hills
Woman of Verona
Sue Hodge
Woman of Verona
Donna Wilson
Woman of Verona
Janine Wood
Woman of Verona
Creative team
Programmes and Marketing
Misc Images
Reviews
Financial Times
"The steady improvement of presentation at this address continues with a stylish Victorian Romeo and Juliet directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, both of Cheek by Jowl" "Ralph Fiennes's impulsive, athletic Romeo is idolised in a jeering way by Nicholas Wolff's homosexual hysteric Mercutio."
The Times
"The production is masterfully orchestrated, with simultaneous scenes, intercut overlaps and varieties of group movement between frozen tableaux, drilled gesture and outbursts of pandemonium - all related to different levels of reality." "There is no apology for the tragedy: it is the thing itself."