Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Julius Caesar (1908, William Ranous)
| Title | Julius Caesar |
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| Year | 1908 |
| Release Locations | USA |
| Director | William Ranous |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 10 mins |
| Play Connections | Julius Caesar (abridgment) |
Description
A one-reel Vitagraph film produced by J. Stuart Blackton when pioneering filmmakers were seeking ways to translate Shakespeare into the idiom of popular culture. The gap between modern technology and subject matter remained wide enough to allow Shakespeare in. Professor Ball reports that fragments of the film remain in the Library of Congress in paper film-strips
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Antony | William Ranous |
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Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | William Ranous |
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Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell