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

Director

Terry Hands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Guy Woolfenden

Production Design

Farrah

Cast

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.

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

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