Antony and Cleopatra (1959 film)
Antony and Cleopatra | |
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Directed by | Christoper Muir |
Produced by | Christopher Muir |
Written by | Arthur Chipper |
Based on | play by William Shakespeare |
Production company | |
Release date | 17 June 1959 (Melbourne) (live) |
Running time | 125 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Antony and Cleopatra is a 1959 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare.[1]
It was broadcast live in Melbourne then recorded and screened in Sydney. The ABC also broadcast a production of Hamlet at the same time, which was broadcast live in Sydney then recorded and screened in Melbourne.[2]
Cast
- Bettie Kauffman as Cleopatra
- Keith Eden as Antony
- Kevin Miles as Caesar
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald critic wrote that:
Not much of the pomp and poetry came through the rich texture of Shakespeare's language in the... production.. although as a straightforward account of love and war this Melbourne performance Was satisfactory enough. Two things helped to lower the temperature of the love and the language; first, Arthur Chipper's rearrangement of the first half of the play was quite skillful, but the cutting was on a political rather than on a passionate bias, and second, producer Christopher Muir'_s use of cameras and- lighting did little—except in a few scenes — to imaginatively underline the play's mood, atmosphere, and growing tensions.[3]
The Bulletin also gave it a bad review.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "A BIG NEW DEAL FOR COLOR TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. 27 (7). 22 July 1959. p. 50. Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Two Productions of Shakespeare". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1959. p. 17.
- ^ "Live Antony and Cleopatra on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 July 1959. p. 6.
- ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019
External links
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