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Antony and Cleopatra is a 1974 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.
As of 2014, this production was the last made-for-TV Shakespeare adaptation to have its American network premiere on U.S. commercial television. Laurence Olivier's King Lear was shown in the U.S. in 1984 in syndication rather than on a single network.
Cast
Richard Johnson as Mark Antony
Janet Suzman as Cleopatra
Corin Redgrave as Octavius (Augustus Caesar)
Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus
Rosemary McHale as Charmian
Philip Locke as Agrippa
Mary Rutherford as Octavia
Raymond Westwell as Lepidus
Mavis Taylor Blake as Iras
Darien Angadi as Alexas
Sidney Livingstone as Mardian
Geoffrey Hutchings as A Fig Seller
Loftus Burton as Diomedes
Lennard Pearce as Cleopatra's Schoolteacher
Joseph Charles as Cleopatra's Messenger
Tony Osoba as Cleopatra's Servant
Douglas Anderson as Cleopatra's Eunuch
Michael Egan as Cleopatra's Eunuch
Paul Gaymon as Cleopatra's Eunuch
Wendy Bailey as Servant
Madelaine Bellamy as Servant
Edwina Ford as Servant
Amanda Knott as Servant
Joe Rock as Servant
Gito Santana as Servant
Nicholas McArdle as King
Derek Wright as King
Frederick Radley as King
Norman Caro as King
Richard Young as King
Constantine Gregory as Ventidius (as Constantin De Goguel)
W. Morgan Sheppard as Scarus (as Morgan Sheppard)
Joseph Marcell as Eros (as Joe Marcell)
Jonathan Holt as Dercetas
Chris Jenkinson as Silius (as Christopher Jenkinson)
John Bott as A Soothsayer
Robert Oates as 1st Watchman
Arthur Whybrow as 2nd Watchman
Michael Radcliffe as 3rd Watchman
Geoffrey Greenhill as Soldier
William Thomas as Soldier (as William Huw-Thomas)
David Janes as Soldier
Jeremy Pearce as Soldier
Mark Sheridan as Soldier
Derek Godfrey as Maecenas
Ben Kingsley as Thidias
Martin Milman as Dolabella
Tim Pigott-Smith as Proculeius
Keith Taylor as A Messenger
Thomas Chesleigh as Gallus
Desmond Stokes as Taurus
Alan Foss as A Senator
John Bardon as Demetrius
Peter Godfrey as A Sentry
Malcolm Kaye as A Guard
Deviations from the play
The major character of Sextus Pompey, who figures significantly in the plot in Act II, was excised from this production.
References
External links
Antony and Cleopatra at IMDb
Antony and Cleopatra at the BFI's Screenonline