Julius Caesar [scenes]

Summary: BBC Television production of scenes from Michael Benthall’s newly opened production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The scenes were given in the studio by three members of the Old Vic Company and transmitted immediately after a fifteen-minute programme about the new season at the Old Vic.
Theatre play: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [more information]
Play synopsis: Julius Caesar is a political thriller which tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar on his return to Rome following the triumphant war against Pompey, his assassination by Caius Cassius, Marcus Brutus and others, and the defeat of his conspirators. Mark Antony speaks next and turns the mob against the conspirators, who are forced to flee from Rome. Mark Antony and Caesar’s nephew Octavius take command of Rome and lead an army against the conspirators: Brutus and Cassius are defeated at Philippi where they kill themselves rather than be captured.
Production history: A performance is recorded in September 1599; the play was published in the First Folio in 1623.
Date of transmission: Monday 5 September 1955
Time: 9.45pm (30 mins)
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC; Old Vic Company
Theatre company: Old Vic Company, London

Television Presentation by

Hal Burton

Theatre Producer

Michael Benthall

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Cast

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: Julius Caesar at the Old Vic: Opening of Autumn Season (Newspaper article)
Reference: The Times, 5 September 1955, p. 3

Title: Radio Times, 2 September 1955 (Magazine)
Linking notes: pp. 15 and 20 (listing with image of the three actors with the director Michael Benthall)

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