SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society directed by George Rylands with Richard Johnson as Mark Antony and Tony Church as Caesar.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1961

Availability

Out of Distribution (2005)

Credits

Director

George Rylands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Tony Church	Julius Caesar
Richard Johnson	Mark Antony
Frank Duncan	Decius Brutus
Ian Holm	Caius Cassius
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Portia
Alaric Cotter	Metellus Cimber
Alaric Cotter	Volumnius
David King (2)	Casca
David King (2)	Lucilius
Denis McCarthy	Caius Ligarius
Denis McCarthy	Messala
Edward Seckerson	Servant (to Julius Caesar)
Frank Duncan	Pindarus
Gary Watson	Artemidorus
George Rylands	Soothsayer
George Rylands	Lepidus
Gordon Gardner	Young Cato
Gordon Gardner	Servant (to Antony)
Harvey Hall	Popillius
Harvey Hall	Clitus
Harvey Hall	Flavius
Norman Mitchell	Dardanius
Norman Mitchell	Poet
Peter Orr	Publius
Peter Orr	Titinius
Peter Orr	Murellus
Richard Curtis	Lucius
Richard Watkins	Cinna the Poet
Roger Croucher	Octavius Caesar
Roger Croucher	Cicero
Roger Hammond	Trebonius
Roger Hammond	Strato
Roy Spencer	Varrus
Roy Spencer	Servant (to Octavius Caesar)
Sydney Bromley	Claudio
Sydney Bromley	Cinna
William Squire	Marcus Brutus
Yvonne Bonnamy	Calphurnia

Additional Details

Theatre company

Marlowe Dramatic Society

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information

The recordings used Dover Wilson’s New Cambridge text.

Reviews

For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Argo

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Polygram Spoken Word, tel 020 8910 5000

Phone

020 8910 5000

Name

Retail outlets