Heil Caesar, Part 2: Murder of a President
- Summary
- 1973 BBC production ‘for schools and colleges’ of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, in three parts. It was given under the title of John Bowen’s adaptation Heil Caesar which ‘transforms the play into a modern political conspiracy thriller with modern dialogue and many strong allusions to political events in the early 1970s’ (source: BUFVC Shakespeare database).
- Theatre play
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Monday 19 November 1973
- Time
- 2.20-2.50pm
- Series
- Schools
- Channel
- BBC1
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Ronald Smedley
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Adapted for Television by
- John Bowen
- Cast
David Allister Anthony Bate Angela Crow Peter Howell Frank Middlemass Alan Rowe William Simons John Stride Angela Thorne Jeffry Wickham
Additional details
- Later transmissions
- The three parts were repeated together in an evening broadcast in 1974 and over separate weeks for schools again in February and October 1975.
- Play tags
- ancient Rome and colonies; tragedy
- Programme context tags
- schools television programming
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Heil Caesar (BBC, 1973)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address
White City
Telephone
London
UK+44 (0)20 8008 2288
Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
AccessBBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.
Print sources
- Title
- Heil Caesar (Website: database)
- Reference
- BUFVC Shakespeare database: http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/AV37104
- Title
- Heil Caesar (Book)
- Author/creator
- John Bowen (Author)
- Reference
- London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1974
- Notes
- Contains script, stage directions, introduction and many b&w images.
- Title
- Julius Caesar (BBC, 1938) ... and eight others (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- John Wyver (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/julius-caesar-bbc-1938-and-eight-others, published 15 April 2012
- Title
- Radio Times, 15 November 1973 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- p. 38
Associated programmes
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