Antony and Cleopatra (1974 TV drama)
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Antony and Cleopatra | |
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Directed by | Jon Scoffield |
Written by | William Shakespeare |
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Music by | Guy Woolfenden |
Distributed by | ITV (original TV broadcast) |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Antony 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.
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
- ... Charmian
- Philip Locke ... Agrippa
- ... Octavia
- Raymond Westwell ... Lepidus
- ... Iras
- Darien Angadi ... Alexas
- ... Mardian (as Sidney Livingstone)
- Geoffrey Hutchings ... A Fig Seller
- ... Diomedes
- Lennard Pearce ... Cleopatra's Schoolteacher
- ... Cleopatra's Messenger
- Tony Osoba ... Cleopatra's Servant
- ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- ... Cleopatra's Eunuch
- ... Servant
- ... Servant
- ... Servant
- ... Servant
- Joe Rock ... Servant
- ... Servant
- ... King
- ... King
- ... King
- ... King
- Richard Young ... King
- Constantine Gregory ... Ventidius (as Constantin De Goguel)
- W. Morgan Sheppard ... Scarus (as Morgan Sheppard)
- Joseph Marcell ... Eros (as Joe Marcell)
- ... Dercetas
- ... Silius (as Christopher Jenkinson)
- ... A Soothsayer
- Robert Oates ... 1st Watchman
- Arthur Whybrow ... 2nd Watchman
- ... 3rd Watchman
- ... Soldier
- William Thomas ... Soldier (as William Huw-Thomas)
- ... Soldier
- ... Soldier
- ... Soldier
- Derek Godfrey ... Maecenas
- Ben Kingsley ... Thidias
- ... Dolabella
- Tim Pigott-Smith ... Proculeius
- ... A Messenger
- ... Gallus
- ... Taurus
- ... A Senator
- John Bardon ... Demetrius
- ... A Sentry
- ... 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[]
- English-language films
- 1974 television plays
- Films based on Antony and Cleopatra
- ITV television dramas
- Television shows based on plays
- Filmed stage productions
- Ancient Egypt in fiction