Episode of Series “BBC Television Shakespeare Series”.
This play deals with the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination, and the defeat of the conspirators by Marc Antony and Octavius Caesar. The crafty and ambitious Cassius, envious of Caesar’s political and military triumphs, forms a conspiracy against him. Despite warnings from the soothsayers are entreaties by his wife. Caesar goes to the Capitol and is brutally stabbed to death. Antony, pretending friendliness towards the conspirators, persuades them to allow him to speak at Caesar’s funeral. His oration so inflames the citizens of Rome that the assassins are driven out.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300375
Language
English
Subject categories
Adaptations
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Conspiracy
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Conspiracy
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
History → Caesar, Julius
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations
People → Caesar, Julius
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)