SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feature film. Heavily abridged version of the play for schools concentrating mainly on the first part from the Festival of the Games to Mark Antony’s funeral oration. Many of the dialogues between Cassius and Brutus have been cut.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1951

Duration

33 mins

Availability

No archive copy found (2006)

Credits

Cast

Cecil Trouncer
Pauline Letts
Robert Speaight

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

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Reviews

Peter M. Morris in his survey ‘Shakespeare on Film’, Films in Review 24.3 (1973), pp132-163 notes ‘This is not a particularly good production; the acting is poor and the conversations between the conspirators are especially low and inaudible’

Production Company

Name

Parthian Productions