Antony and Cleopatra (1974 TV drama)
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Director Jon Scoffield Language English | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History, Romance Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 28 July 1974 (UK)4 January 1975 (USA) Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Single Play Cast Similar movies An Age of Kings , The Wars of the Roses , The Hollow Crown: Henry V , The Hollow Crown: Richard II , The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 1 , The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antony and Cleopatra is a 1974 British videotaped television production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, produced by ATV (which was distributed internationally by ITC) starring Richard Johnson as Mark Antony, Janet Suzman as Cleopatra, and Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus. It was directed by Jon Scoffield and is an adaptation of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of the play. It features then-little-known Ben Kingsley and Tim Pigott-Smith in small roles.
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- Cast
- Deviations from the play
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As of 2014, this production was the last made-for-TV Shakespeare adaptation to have its American network premiere on U.S. commercial television. Olivier's King Lear was shown in the U.S. in 1984 in syndication rather than on a single network.
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Cast
Deviations from the play
The major character of Sextus Pompey, who figures significantly in the plot in Act II, was completely excised from this production.
References
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