Julius Caesar (BBC)

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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Credits

producer

Cedric Messina

director

Herbert Wise

production company

BBC

Duration

02:42:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1978

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Group of items

BBC Television Shakespeare Series

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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

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1978

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