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Dear earth, I do salute thee with my hand,
Though rebels wound thee with their horses' hoofs:
As a long-parted mother with her child
Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting,
So, weeping, smiling, greet I thee, my earth,
And do thee favours with my royal hands.
The Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres specialized in new plays which had relatively few performances over a period of a few weeks. There was thus a huge appetite for fresh writing, and hundreds of plays, many now lost, were produced, often collaboratively. In this section of Great Writers some of these non-Shakespearean plays and authors are introduced through a combination of podcasts, ebooks and supporting materials. Some plays - such as John Webster's empathic presentation of a woman who follows her own desires in The Duchess of Malfi (1614) - have had an ongoing life in the modern theatre. Others - such as Thomas Dekker's contemporary fairytale The Shoemakers Holiday (1599) are interesting precisely because they so closely map onto the immediate context of their writing and performance, giving us a window into the late Elizabethan world.
To us, this group of plays and dramatists is overshadowed by Shakespeare's towering reputation.
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's play, and the enduring popular fascination it has inspired. The actors interviewed are Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Nicol Williamson, Ben Kingsley, Jean Louis Barrault, Vittorio Gassman, Maximilian Schell, Innocenti Smoktunovsky, and Mandy Patinkin. Includes excerpts from various film and television versions of Hamlet, featuring these actors and others.
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Julius Caesar is a 1970 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge. It was an independent production of Commonwealth United Entertainment, filmed in England and Spain. It is the first film version of the play made in colour.
CAST
John Gielgud as Julius Caesar
Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
Jason Robards as Brutus
Richard Johnson as Cassius
Robert Vaughn as Casca
Richard Chamberlain as Octavius
Diana Rigg as Portia
Christopher Lee as Artemidorus
Jill Bennett as Calpurnia
André Morell as Cicero
Derek Godfrey as Decius Brutus
David Dodimead as Lepidus
Michael Gough as Metellus Cimber
David Neal as Cinna
Preston Lockwood as Trebonius
John Moffatt as Popilius Lena
Steven Pacey as Lucius
Edwin Finn as Publius
Norman Bowler as Titinius
Paul Hardwick as Messala
John Tate as Clitus
Damien Thomas as Pindarus
Bob Keegan as Lucilius
Ewan Hooper as Strato
Andrew Crawford as Volumnius
Thomas Heathcote as Flavius
Alan Browning as Marullus
Christopher Cazenove as a Servant to Antony
Liz Gebhardt as Calpurnia’s Maid
Laurence Harrington as a Carpenter
Ron Pember as a Cobbler
Roy Stewart as a Slave
Michael Keating, David Leland, Yvette Rees, Michael Wynne, and Ken Hutchison as Citizens of Rome
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