Antony & Cleopatra

Resource Information

The work Antony & Cleopatra represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Antony & Cleopatra

Statement of responsibility

by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; a production by Jonathan Miller

Title variation

Antony and Cleopatra

Contributor

• Adams, Jonathan, 1931-2005
• Angadi, Darien
• Anthony, Michael, 1911-1998
• Blakely, Colin
• Charleson, Ian
• Goorney, Howard, 1921-2007
• Huckstep, Kevin
• James, Emrys, 1928-1989
• Key, Janet, 1945-1992
• Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987
• Lapotaire, Jane
• McFarlane, Cassie, 1958-
• Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019
• Paul, John
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shamsi, Mohammad, 1929-
• Ambrose Video Publishing
• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service

Subject

• Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama
• Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama
• Television plays
• Television programs

Genre

• Television programs
• Drama
• Television plays

Language

eng

Summary

A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra

Member of

• Works
• Shakespeare plays

Cataloging source

IAD

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Senior cameraman, Pat Atkinson ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; videotape editor, Howard Dell

Date time place

Taped Mar. 5-10, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

PerformerNote

John Paul (Canidius), Jonathan Adams (Ventidius), Jane Lapotaire (Cleopatra), Colin Blakely (Antony), Darien Angadi (Alexas), Janet Key (Chairman), Howard Goorney (Soothsayer), Cassie McFarlane (Iras), Emrys James (Enobarbus), Kevin Huckstep (Messenger), Michael Anthony (Messenger), Mohammad Shamsi (Mardian), Ian Charleson (Octavius Caesar), Esmond Knight (Lepidus), Harry Waters (Thidias), David Neal (Proculeius), Anthony Pedley (Agrippa), Geoffrey Collins (Dolabella), Donald Sumpter (Pompeius), George Innes (Menas), Desmond Stokes (Menecrates), Lynn Farleigh (Octavia), David Kincaid (Cleopatra's Messenger), Simon Chandler (Eros), Pat Connell (Soldier), Christopher Ettridge (Scarus), George Howe (Euphronius), John Eastham (Servant), Iain Rattray (Soldier), Frederick Warder (Soldier), Michael Egan (Soldier), Alec Sabin (Dercetas), Jimmy Gardner (Clown)

Runtime

171

Series statement

• The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
• Shakespeare plays

Target audience

general

Technique

live action