Romeo and Juliet

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours, 1 minute

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Sep 2007, 23:00 on BBC Four

The Royal Ballet, Fonteyn and Nureyev perform Shakespeare's famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers. Nureyev is seen here at the peak of his physical prowess. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Margot Fonteyn
Juliet:: Margot Fonteyn
Director:: Paul Czinner
Romeo:: Rudolf Nureyev
Actor:: Rudolf Nureyev
Mercutio:: David Blair
Actor:: David Blair
Director:: Paul Czinner
Producer:: Paul Czinner

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Source: BBC Online

Marguerite and Armand

BBC Four

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Nov 2009, 22:25 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Feb 2021, 23:25 on BBC Four

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev star in a performance of Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet Marguerite and Armand, which was inspired by Dumas's love story La Dame aux Camelias. Show more

Fonteyn '59: Sleeping Beauty

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Mar 2014, 20:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Wed 2^nd Mar 2016, 02:00 on BBC Four HD

Darcey Bussell introduces a newly edited version of a 1959 TV version of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty featuring the stars of the Royal Ballet, Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes. Show more