Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44bc)

Synopsis

A US drama series re-enacting major historical events and covering them as current news stories. This episode concerns March 15, 44BC when Julius Caesar was assassinated; Paul Newman is Brutus in the persuasion scene (II i). The reporter is Walter Cronkite.

Series

You Are There

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Transmission details

8 Mar 1953 at 18:30 (Channel: CBS)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Director

Sidney Lumet

Producer

Charles W. Dozier

Writer

Arnold Schulman

Contributor

Walter Cronkite

Cast

Paul Newman

Marcus Brutus

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

The three key writers who created the show -- Abraham Polonsky, Arnold Manoff, and Walter Bernstein - were blacklisted by the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities. Not able to work officially on the programme, they submitted their scripts through "fronts."

History

Season 1, episode 6

Production Company

Name

CBS News

Web

http://www.cbsnews.com/ External site opens in new window

Archive

Name

Paley Center for Media

Web

http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 621-6600

Address

25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA

Notes

Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.