Julius Caesar

Synopsis: BBC schools programme production of the play broadcast in four episodes. This episode is introduced by James Grout, who discusses the production with the principal actors before the play begins. With Gerald Young in the title role and Patrick Allen as Mark Antony.
Series: For Schools
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Recording date: 13 Aug 1963
Transmission details: 5 Nov 1963 at 14:05 (Channel: BBC1)
Duration: 30 mins

Producer

Dorothea Brooking

Writer

Music

Costume

Art Direction

Contributor

James Grout; Ronald Eyre

Cast

Gerald Young	Julius Caesar
Patrick Allen	Mark Antony
Leon Eagles	Decius Brutus
Bernard Archard	Caius Cassius
Sally Home	Portia
Alan Curtis	Trebonius
Anthony Woodruff	Lepidus
Bill Hepper	Volumnius
Bill Hepper	Plebeian
Charles West	Casca
Daniel Thorndike	Caius Ligarius
David Richards	Soldier
David Terence	Metellus Cimber
Dennis Edwards	Messala
Dennis Edwards	Flavius
Elizabeth Bradley	Plebeian
Gerald Young	Ghost of Caesar
Gerry Jones	Claudius (Claudio)
Gerry Jones	Plebeian
Hildegard Neil	Calphurnia
Ian Frost	Servant (to Julius Caesar)
Ian Ricketts	Messenger
Jeremy Conway	Clitus
John Evitts	Pindarus
John Evitts	Artemidorus
John F. Landry	Servant (to Octavius Caesar)
Leslie Hart	Lucius
Michael Graham	Octavius Caesar
Michael Jayston	Dardanius
Michael Napier Brown	Strato
Nigel Sharpe	Plebeian
Owen Barry	Publius
Peter Goss	Marullus (Murellus)
Peter Hamilton	Soldier
Peter Marden	Soldier
Raymond Smith	Cinna the Poet
Reg Pritchard	Plebeian, as Reginald Pritchard (Plebeian)
Reg Pritchard	Citizen
Robert Mooney	Soothsayer
Rowland Davies	Soldier
Terence Greenidge	Popillius
Terence Lodge	Cinna
William Kendrick	Soldier
William Squire	Marcus Brutus

Notes: The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a 1st rehearsal script for episode 1.
General: With specially commissioned music by Tristram Cary.
History: This BBC schools broadcast of the play was transmitted in four 30-minute episodes. Transmission of the next three episodes took place on 12.11.1963, 19.11.1963, and 26.11.1963.
Textual information: The cast list encompasses the entire four episodes.

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