This page lists cultural depictions of Herod the Great, grouped by order and arranged by date.
Herod appears in some cycles of the Mystery Plays, played as an over the top villain. Such portrayals were still in folk memory in William Shakespeare's time, for Hamlet instructs the players not to "out-Herod Herod" (Act 3, Scene 2).
Herod the Great is a central character in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry (1613). The play is a work of historical fiction, set in 29 B.C., revolving around Herod's second wife, Mariam, and their families, when Herod is believed to have been killed by Octavian (later Caesar Augustus).
"Jennings was to orthodoxy what King Herod was to child-minding" - Former England cricket captain-turned-journalist Mike Atherton reviews the year 2005 and mentions Ray Jennings' less-than-standard method of coaching [1]
Cleopatra (1934), played by Joseph Schildkraut
Erode il grande (1958), played by Edmund Purdom
King of Kings (1961), played by Gregoire Aslan
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), played by Claude Rains
Los 3 Reyes Magos (1976), voiced by Víctor Alcocer
The 3 Kings (2000), played by Ron Moody
The Nativity Story (2006), played by Ciarán Hinds
He appears in the first play of Dorothy L. Sayers' radio play cycle The Man Born to be King.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977), played by Peter Ustinov
The Nativity (1978), played by Leo McKern
The Real Herod (2006), played by Selva Rasilingham
Rome (2007, episode 19, Death Mask), played by Rene Zagger
The Bible (2013, episode 3, Hope), played by Sam Douglas
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