| Description |
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Tragedy
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Richard Pasco (Marcus Brutus), Charles Gray (Julius Caesar), Keith Michell (Marcus Antonius), David Collings (Cassius), Virginia McKenna (Portia), Elizabeth Spriggs (Calphurnia), Sam Dastor (Casca), Jon Laurimore (Flavius), John Sterland (Marullus), Garrick Hagon (Octavius Caesar), Brian Coburn (Messala), Leonard Preston (Titinius), Alexander Davion (Decius Brutus), Darien Angadi (Cinna), Andrew Hilton (Lucilius), Anthony Dawes (Ligarius), Roger Bizley (Metellus), Manning Wilson (Cicero), Ronald Forfar (Soothsayer), Patrick Marley (Artemidorus), William Simons (Trebonius), John Tordoff (Cinna the Poet), Philip York (Young Cato), Christopher Good (Clitus), Robert Oates (Pindarus), Alan Thompson (1st Citizen/1st Plebeian), Leo Dolan (2nd Citizen/2nd Plebeian), Johnnie Wade (3rd Plebeian/1st Soldier), David Henry (4th Plebeian/2nd Soldier), Jonathan Scott-Taylor (Lucius), Tom Kelly (Claudius/Antony's Servant), Jack Elliott (Octavius' Servant/Messenger), Michael Cogan (Caesar's Servant), Reginald Jessup (Poet), Maurice Thorogood (Strato), Michael Greatorex (Varro), Nicholas Gecks (Volumnius), Michael Jenkinson (Dardanius), Roy Spencer (Lepidus), Terence Conoley (Popilius), Noel Johnson (Publius). |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1979. |
| Event |
Taped July 26-31, 1978 at the BBC Television studios in London. |
| Note |
DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format. |
| System Details |
System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive. |
| Summary |
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope. |
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A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves. |
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Caesar, Julius -- Drama.
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Rome -- History -- 53-44 B.C. -- Drama.
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Heads of state -- Drama.
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Caesar, Julius -- Assassination -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television plays.
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Television adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Messina, Cedric, 1920-1993.
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Wise, Herbert, 1924-2015.
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Pasco, Richard, 1926-2014.
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Michell, Keith.
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Gray, Charles D., 1928-2000
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Collings, David, 1940-
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McKenna, Virginia, 1931-
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Spriggs, Elizabeth, 1929-2008.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Julius Caesar.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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Time-Life Television.
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Ambrose Video Publishing.
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| Added Title |
BBC TV Shakespeare (Television program)
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