SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Televised adaptation of the play produced by Stephen Harrison and Leonard Brett, with Walter Hudd as Julius Caesar and Anthony Hawtrey as Mark Antony.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

25 Feb 1951 at 20:15 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

125 mins

Credits

Producer

Leonard Brett; Stephen Harrison (2)

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Walter Hudd	Julius Caesar
Anthony Hawtrey	Mark Antony
John Gatrell	Decius Brutus
Clement McCallin	Caius Cassius
Margaret Diamond	Portia
Alan Reid	Artemidorus
Alan Reid	Pindarus
Anthony Oliver	Messala
Anthony Oliver	Servant
Edmund Purdom	Metellus Cimber
Edmund Purdom	Timinius (Titinius)
Eric Berry	Lepidus
Eric Berry	Marullus (Murellus)
John Arnold	Strato
John Arnold	Servant
John Dunbar	Popillius
John Dunbar	Plebeian
John Gatrell	Clitus
John Vere	Soothsayer
Mary Hinton	Calphurnia
Michael Brennan	Casca
Patrick Barr (2)	Marcus Brutus
Peter Bathurst	Trebonius
Peter Bathurst	Flavius
Peter Bathurst	Volumnius
Richard Bebb	Octavius Caesar
Terence Greenidge	Cinna the Poet
Terence Greenidge	Dardanius
Tom Colmer	Cinna
Tom Colmer	Lucilius

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Production cost: £ 1.987 (BBC Play Library)
The cast encompassed some 51 actors.

A script is held at the Birmingham Shakespeare Library.

History

A second performance was broadcast on March 1, 1951 at 19:30 London time.

Figures

Reaction Index 63 (BBC Audience Research). The Reaction Index is a measurement of the quality
and success of the programme with the audience who had watched it. It is based on a range of 0 to 100.

Reviews

Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 213, p. 117.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)