JULIET Forster has cut it as a director of Romeo And Juliet many times. Now she has sliced Shakespeare s two the two hours traffic of our stage to 45 minutes, maybe 50, for CBeebies show tomorrow morning. I did joke about that at rehearsals because my previous production, at Blenheim Palace, ran to three hours and 15 minutes, says Juliet, York Theatre Royal s creative director. She had been lined up for the children s television production as long ago as December 2019. Anna Perowne, who has produced the performance, had newly taken over BBC Shakespeare, having worked previously for the Royal Shakespeare Company, says Juliet.