SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Live audio recording of John Schlesinger’s 1977 production of Julius Caesar for the National Theatre with John Gielgud as Caesar and Mark McManus as Mark Antony.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

5 Apr 1977

Credits

Director

John Schlesinger

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Harrison Birtwistle

Cast

John Gielgud	Julius Caesar
Mark McManus	Mark Antony
Oliver Cotton	Decius Brutus
Ronald Pickup	Caius Cassius
Rowena Cooper	Portia
Andrew Hilton	Cinna the Poet
Andrew Hilton	Volumnius
Ann Firbank	Calphurnia
Brian Cox	Marcus Brutus
Brian Kent	Servant (to Octavius Caesar)
Chris Hunter	Young Cato
Daniel Thorndike	Artemidorus
Edna Dore	Companion to the Soothsayer
Gawn Grainger	Casca
Glyn Grain	Flavius
Ian Charleson	Octavius Caesar
John Gill	Popillius
Jonathan Battersby	Varrus
Keith Skinner	Soothsayer
Liam O’Callaghan	Lepidus
Martin Friend	Cicero
Michael Beint	Trebonius
Michael Beint	Poet
Norman Claridge	Caius Ligarius
Oliver Cotton	Messala
Olu Jacobs	Pindarus
Paul Henley	Lucius
Peter Carlisle	Publius
Peter Needham	Metellus Cimber
Peter Needham	Clitus
Pitt Wilkinson	Strato
Pitt Wilkinson	Cinna
Ray Edwards	Servant (to Julius Caesar)
Shane Connaughton	Servant (to Antony)
Stanley Lloyd	Claudio
Timothy Block	Dardanius
Timothy Block	Carpenter
Tom Wilkinson	Titinius
Tom Wilkinson	Murellus
Trevor Ray	Cobbler

Additional Details

Theatre

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre

Theatre company

National Theatre Company

Production type

Other

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Opening night 17 March 1977

Reviews

Billington, Michael, One Nights Stands: A Critic’s View of British Theatre from 1971-1991 (London: Nick Hern, 1993), p. 98-9. Billington writes: "Ronald Pickup’s Cassius is like a malevolent ferret snapping his teeth at thin air".

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB