fiction.wikisort.org - MovieAntony and Cleopatra is a 1974 videotaped television production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, produced by ATV (which was distributed internationally by ITC) starring Richard Johnson as Mark Antony, Janet Suzman as Cleopatra, and Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus. It was directed by Jon Scoffield and is an adaptation of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of the play. It features then-little-known Ben Kingsley and Tim Pigott-Smith in small roles.
For other uses, see Antony and Cleopatra (disambiguation).
1974 British film
Antony and Cleopatra |
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Directed by | Jon Scoffield |
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Written by | William Shakespeare |
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Music by | Guy Woolfenden |
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Distributed by | ITV (original TV broadcast) |
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Release dates |
- 28 July 1974 (UK)
- 4 January 1975 (US)
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Running time | 161 minutes |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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As of 2014, this production was the last made-for-TV Shakespeare adaptation to have its American network premiere on U.S. commercial television.[1]
Cast
- Richard Johnson ... Mark Antony
- Janet Suzman ... Cleopatra
- Corin Redgrave ... Octavius (Augustus Caesar)
- Patrick Stewart ... Enobarbus
- Rosemary McHale ... Charmian
- Philip Locke ... Agrippa
- Mary Rutherford ... Octavia
- Raymond Westwell ... Lepidus
- Mavis Taylor Blake ... Iras
- Darien Angadi ... Alexas
- Sidney Livingstone ... Mardian
- Geoffrey Hutchings ... A Fig Seller
- Loftus Burton ... Diomedes
- Lennard Pearce ... Cleopatra's Schoolteacher
- Joseph Charles ... Cleopatra's Messenger
- Tony Osoba ... Cleopatra's Servant
- Douglas Anderson ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- Michael Egan ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- Paul Gaymon ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- Wendy Bailey ... Servant
- Madelaine Bellamy ... Servant
- Edwina Ford ... Servant
- Amanda Knott ... Servant
- Joe Rock ... Servant
- Gito Santana ... Servant
- Nicholas McArdle ... King
- Derek Wright ... King
- Frederick Radley ... King
- Norman Caro ... King
- Richard Young ... King
- Constantine Gregory ... Ventidius (as Constantin De Goguel)
- W. Morgan Sheppard ... Scarus (as Morgan Sheppard)
- Joseph Marcell ... Eros (as Joe Marcell)
- Jonathan Holt ... Dercetas
- Chris Jenkinson ... Silius (as Christopher Jenkinson)
- John Bott ... A Soothsayer
- Robert Oates ... 1st Watchman
- Arthur Whybrow ... 2nd Watchman
- Michael Radcliffe ... 3rd Watchman
- Geoffrey Greenhill ... Soldier
- William Thomas ... Soldier (as William Huw-Thomas)
- David Janes ... Soldier
- Jeremy Pearce ... Soldier
- Mark Sheridan ... Soldier
- Derek Godfrey ... Maecenas
- Ben Kingsley ... Thidias
- Martin Milman ... Dolabella
- Tim Pigott-Smith ... Proculeius
- Keith Taylor ... A Messenger
- Thomas Chesleigh ... Gallus
- Desmond Stokes ... Taurus
- Alan Foss ... A Senator
- John Bardon ... Demetrius
- Peter Godfrey ... A Sentry
- Malcolm Kaye ... A Guard
Deviations from the play
The major character of Sextus Pompey, who figures significantly in the plot in Act II, was excised from this production.
References
- Olivier's King Lear was shown in the U.S. in 1984 in syndication rather than on a single network.
External links
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Characters |
- Mark Antony
- Octavius Caesar
- Lepidus
- Cleopatra
- Sextus Pompey
- Domitius Enobarbus
- Ventidius
- Canidius
- Scarus
- Octavia
- Maecenas
- Agrippa
- Taurus
- Dolabella
- Gallus
- Menas
- Charmian
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Stage adaptations |
- The False One (c.1620)
- All for Love (1677)
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Opera |
- Antony and Cleopatra (1966)
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Related |
- List of cultural depictions of Cleopatra
- Cultural depictions of Augustus
- Salad days
- Asp
- Thomas North
- Cleopatra (1912)
- Cleopatra (1917)
- Roman Tragedies (2007)
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