Learning on ScreenJulius Caesar
- Synopsis
- An ambitious modern dress version of the play, directed and produced by Dallas Bower. The production was enhanced with stock news footage and incidental music. Ernest Milton is Julius Caesar.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 24 Jul 1938 at 21:05 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 110 mins
- Availability
- Unavailable
Credits
- Director
- Dallas Bower
- Producer
- Dallas Bower
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- James Hartley
- Costume
- Mary Allan (2)
- Contributor
- Malcolm Baker-Smith
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- 1930s
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Special scenic effects were added by Malcolm Baker-Smith and his lighting invention, the penumbrascope, used for the first time in this production.
- History
- The live broadcast was not recorded so that the cast had to be reassembled three days later for a live ‘repeat’.
- Reviews
- Michael Barry, "Shakespeare on Television," BBC Quarterly 9.3 (1954):145. ‘Televised Drama Julius Caesar in Modern Dress’ The Times (1 August 1938, p. 6).
John Wyver comments on the production at: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/julius-caesar-bbc-1938-and-eight-others/ (accessed 6/2012).
A typescript is held by the Birmingham Shakespeare Library.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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