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Shakespeare in Performance: Film

Julius Caesar (1978, Herbert Wise)

TitleJulius Caesar
Year1978
Release LocationsGB
DirectorHerbert Wise
MediumColor video
Length3 hrs
Audiencegeneral public
high school
Play ConnectionsJulius Caesar (teleplay)
SeriesThe Shakespeare Plays

Description

As the inaugural performance in the USA of the unprecedented series known as "The Shakespeare Plays," the North American televising of this production had special interest for Shakespeareans. Director Herbert Wise's previous success with I, Claudius, which had captured a wide following among public television viewers, seemed to make him particularly well suited for taking on yet more Roman history. Mr. Wise himself, however, saw little connection. To him Shakespeare's play was not really about Rome at all but a tale of Elizabethan England disguised as a Roman history play

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

CaesarCharles Gray
AntoniusKeith Michell
OctaviusGarrick Hagon
CalphurniaElizabeth Spriggs
CiceroManning Wilson
BrutusRichard Pasco
CassiusDavid Collings
CascaSam Dastor
TreboniusWilliam Simons
LigariusAnthony Dawes
DeciusAlex Davion
MetellusRoger Bizley
CinnaDarien Angadi
Cinna The PoetJohn Tordoff
PortiaVirginia McKenna
FlaviusJohn Laurimore
MarullusJohn Sterland
ArtemidorusPatrick Marley
SoothsayerRonald Forfar
PoetR. Jessup
LuciliusA. Hilton
TitiniusLeonard Preston
MessalaBrian Coburn
CatoPhilip York
VarroMichael Greatorex
ClitusChristopher Good
StratoMaurice Thorogood
LuciusJonathan Scott-Taylor
PindarusRobert Oates
Plebeians/SoldiersDavid Henry
ServantsMichael Cogan
CastLeo Dolan
CastJack Elliott
CastTom Kelly
CastAlan Thompson
CastJohnny Wade

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorHerbert Wise
ProducerCedric Messina
ComposerMike Steer
Fight CoordinatorWilliam Hobbs
CostumesOdette Barrow
MakeupJean Steward
LightingHoward King
ProductionTony Abbott

Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell