Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- Televised adaptation of the play with Maurice Denham as Caesar and Robert Stephens as Mark Antony.
- Series
- Play of the Month
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 13 Apr 1969 at 20:15 (Channel: BBC1)
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Director
- Alan Bridges
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Art Direction
- Spencer Chapman
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Ancient Rome
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The BBC Audience Research Viewing Panel Report noted many complaints about the sound balance - ‘the effects boys were having a field day’, but many felt the ‘wealth of magnificent speeches, dramatic intensity and telling reflections on political ambition and intrigue’ made Julius Caesar eminently suitable for television.
The Library of Congress holds master material only, no viewing copy (5/2008). - History
- The first BBC television production of the play in colour. It is part of a series of eight Shakespeare plays produced for BBC by Cedric Messina, who was to launch the production of the BBC TV Shakespeare series three years later. First US broadcast 17 June 1971 in the NET Playhouse series.
- Figures
- Reaction Index 71. Watched by 9.7% of the available audience.
- Stills
- http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1162709/index.html
- Textual information
- The text was cut to fit the the two-hour time slot of the programme.
Online Availability
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37090 (Accessed 31 Oct 2025)