Photographs of an American Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo and Juliet, directed Michael Kahn and starring David Birney as Romeo, Roberta Maxwell as Juliet, and Kate Reid as Juliet's nurse [graphic].
1974
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Title
Photographs of an American Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo and Juliet, directed Michael Kahn and starring David Birney as Romeo, Roberta Maxwell as Juliet, and Kate Reid as Juliet's nurse [graphic].
Variant title
Romeo and Juliet.
Created/published
[Stratford, Conn.], [1974]
Description
9 photograph prints : black and white ; majority are 8 x 10 in
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Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 270979 (folio)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "ROMEO AND JULIET (1974) 9 photos: 2 single weight 8 x 10's; 1 double weight 7 x 10; 6 double weight 8 x 10's, all with acknowledgement on verso of photographer Martha Swope, many also with attached promotional info as well, some creasing, one with crayon sizing for publication, overall near fine. With an attached printed sheet of press release on blue paper. Photos for a production at the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, directed by Michael Kahn, and, interestingly, staged at the time of the Risorgimento, ca 1866, rather than in the much earlier era originally evoked by Shakespeare. The cast included David Birney (Romeo), Roberta Maxwell (Juliet), and Kate Reid (Juliet's Nurse). This was a production which emphasized physical agility and required an almost acrobatic precision from its youthful leads. 9 photos plus press release." Ordered from Walter Reuben, D9069, 2017-02-16, email quote, May 2014 offer.
Folger accession
270979