Romeo and Juliet (1934)
by William Shakespeare
This was first production of Romeo and Juliet at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and featured Griffith Jones and Margaretta Scott in the titular roles.
The production also featured theatre impresario Ben Greet as Friar Lawrence and Greer Garson - a then unknown actress who would go on to become a major motion picture star of the 1940s - in the Ensemble.
The cast
Dennis Hoey
Escalus
Eric Dance
Paris
R. Kerr Carey
Montague
Henry Baynton
Capulet
Griffith Jones
Romeo
Leslie French
Mercutio
Hubert Gregg
Benvolio
Terence de Marney
Tybalt
Sir Philip Ben Greet
Friar Laurence
Ivor Harries
Friar John
Sydney Bromley
Balthasar
Frank Tickle
Sampson
Clement Hamelin
Gregory
Michael Martin-Harvey
Peter
Eric Lousada
Abraham
A. B. Imeson
An Apothecary
Tony Halfpenny
Page to Paris
Joan French
Page to Mercutio
Olga Edwards
Page to Capulet
Fiona Cunningham
Page to Tybalt
Marjorie Stewart
Lady Montague
Alison Pickard
Lady Capulet
Margaretta Scott
Juliet
Laura Smithson
Nurse to Juliet
Maria Solveg
Principal Dancer
Katta Sterna
Principal Dancer
Ruth Britter
Ensemble
Doreen Brownhill
Ensemble
Nora Colton
Ensemble
Sybil Evers
Ensemble
Greer Garson
Ensemble
Elizabeth Gwynne
Ensemble
Eileen Payley
Ensemble
Madge Potter
Ensemble
Jean Summers
Ensemble
Averil Tempest
Ensemble
Ann Wilson
Ensemble
Beatrice Munro
Ensemble
Josephine Arkell
Ensemble
Freda Bamford
Ensemble
Joan Beecher
Ensemble
Jean Brodie
Ensemble
Peggy Beales
Ensemble
Doris Chandler
Ensemble
Florence Dryden
Ensemble
Joy Francis
Ensemble
Irene Gwynn
Ensemble
Monica Gough
Ensemble
Billie Holloway
Ensemble
Marie Jose
Ensemble
Billie Lees
Ensemble
Pat Lees
Ensemble
Anna Marita
Ensemble
Thora Marshall
Ensemble
Corinne Mackenzie
Ensemble
Joan Milner-Moore
Ensemble
Aase Nissen
Ensemble
Phyllis Olsen
Ensemble
Betty Robinson
Ensemble
Olive Trevor
Ensemble
Sydney Malcolm
Ensemble
George Howell
Ensemble
Kenneth Jerwood
Ensemble
Donald Masters
Ensemble
Hedley Mattingly
Ensemble
Lyon Playfair
Ensemble
Robyn Cull
Ensemble
Leonard Hayes
Ensemble
Maurice Brooke
Ensemble
Bernard de Gautier
Ensemble
D. McLeod
Ensemble
Toni Repetto
Ensemble
Teddy Haskell
Ensemble
Edgar Elmes
Ensemble