
Description
Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two m...en united by an explosive act of political violence. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power. Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Featuring a distinguished cast of black actors, the film is shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two m...en united by an explosive act of political violence. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power. Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Featuring a distinguished cast of black actors, the film is shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Series: | Julius Caesar |
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First transmission date: | 24-06-2012 |
Original broadcast channel: | BBC4 |
Published: | 2012 |
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Duration: | 02:31:57 |
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Producer: | John Wyver |
Contributors: | Segun Akingbola; Adjoa Andoh; Mark Ebulue; Ray Fearon; Ricky Fearon; Andrew French; Marcus Griffiths; Ivanno Jeremiah; Paterson Joseph; Jeffery Kissoon; Samantha Lawson; Simon Manyonda; Joseph Mydell; Cyril Nri; Ann Ogbomo; Theo Ogundipe; Jude Owusu; Mark Theodore; Ewart James Walters; Chinna Wodu |
Publisher: | BBC Open University |
Link to related site: | BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k7lv5 OU website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/tv/ou-on-the-bbc-julius-caesar |
Master spool number: | BOU51060 |
Production number: | FKIA333L |
Videofinder number: | 82987 |
Available to public: | no |