Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1987 production of Julius Caesar. Directed by Terry Hands with Nicholas Farrell as Mark Antony and Roger Allam as Brutus.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 14 Apr 1987
- Duration
- 135 mins
Credits
- Director
- Terry Hands
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Guy Woolfenden
- Production Design
- Farrah
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Ancient Rome
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The RSC technical notes on the video recording cite ‘Understudy Copy.
- General
- `Farrah’s large bare rusty brick box is new, incorporating and imitating the fine brickwork of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre as designed by Elisabeth Scott.' Michael Radcliffe, The Observer (10.4.87).
- History
- Press night 8 April 1987
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- Wells, Stanley Shakespeare Survey 41 (1989), pp159-81 (esp. 171-74). Coursen, H.R. Shakespeare Bulletin no, 6-6, no. 1 (1987-80). Review article.
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38122 (Accessed 14 Nov 2024)