Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Carry on Cleo (1964, Peter Bolton)
| Title | Carry on Cleo |
|---|---|
| Year | 1964 |
| Release Locations | GB |
| Director | Peter Bolton |
| Medium | Color video |
| Length | 1 hrs, 32 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | general public |
| Play Connections | Antony and Cleopatra (derivative) Julius Caesar (derivative) |
Description
In a way Carry on Cleo is to Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra what Boys from Syracuse is to Comedy of Errors. On the other hand Carry on Cleo is more of a travesty than a farce because it transmogrifies tragic materials into a farcical context. It thereby crudely violates its Shakespearean source, though not very much of Shakespeare is left in the script
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
| Calphurnia | Joan Sims |
|---|---|
| Brutus | Brian Oulton |
| Cleopatra | Amanda Barrie |
| Virginia | Tanya Bunning |
| Sosages | Tom Clegg |
| Hengist Pod | Kenneth Connor |
| Horsa | Jim Dale |
| Bilius | David Davenport |
| Agrippa | Francis DeWolff |
| Narrator | E. V. H. Emmett |
| Galley Master | Peter Gilmore |
| Seneca Pod | Sheila Hancock |
| Seneca | Charles Hawtrey |
| Mark Anthony | Sidney James |
| Cast | Peter Jesson |
| Marcus | Gertan Klamber |
| Sgt. Major | Victor Madden |
| Spencius | Warren Mitchell |
| Cast | Michael Nightingale |
| Soothsayer | Jon Pertwee |
| Driver | Brian Rawlinson |
| Gloria | Julie Stevens |
| Archimedes | Michael Ward |
| Julius Caesar | Kenneth Williams |
| Messenger | Ian Wilson |
Production Team and Crew Overview
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell