Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1995 production of Julius Caesar. Directed by Peter Hall with Christopher Benjamin as Caesar and Hugh Quarshie as Mark Antony.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 21 Aug 1995
- Duration
- 145 mins
Credits
- Director
- Peter Hall
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Guy Woolfenden
- Production Design
- John Gunter
- 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
- A recording was made at the Barbican 1 June 1996.
- General
- "Rome, as realised by Hall and designer John Gunter, is a place of imposing symbols and covert superstition, where plotters skulk beneath triumphalist architecture. The conspirators, led by Julian Glover’s superbly controlled Cassius, are all in red togas, while Caesar and Antony wear flowing, bloodstainable white." Nick Curtis, Evening Standard (London) 24 May 1995.
Children in the production were played by Edward Byass, Lydia Day, Alisa Duguid, Sophia Hunt, Naomi Shearing and Damian Storey. - History
- Press night 5 July 1995
- 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
- Jackson, Russell. Shakespeare Quarterly (1996), pp235-67 espec. 250-52.
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/av38254 (Accessed 13 Dec 2024)