Learning on ScreenJulius Caesar
- Synopsis
- Radio version of the play produced by Val Gielgud. With Sebastian Shaw as Brutus, George Hayes as Cassius and Richard Williams as Caesar. The music is specially written by Christopher Whelen.
- Series
- World Theatre
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 25 Apr 1955 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 165 (incl. interval)
- Availability
- Unknown
Credits
- Producer
- Val Gielgud
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Christopher Whelen
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Rehearsals: 22/4/1955-25/4/1955
- History
- Transmitted in two parts with a 15-minute interval for news at 9pm.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- H. A. L. Craig, who introduces the broadcast in the Radio Times, suggests that in the production Gielgud "has decided to give the mob back its right, furious place in the drama, catching the murder in ‘mob music’, specially written by Christopher Whelen" ('The Tragedy of Julius Caesar’, 22 April 1955, p. 4).
Source: The Times, Radio Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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