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*Keith Eden as Antony
*Keith Eden as Antony
*[[Kevin Miles]] as Caesar
*[[Kevin Miles]] as Caesar
*Edward Brayshaw

*Keith Hudson
==Production==
It was shot at ABC's studios in Rippon Lea. There were 15 speaking parts and six extras. The set was designed by Jon Peters. It was Keith Eden's first performance as a "straight" actor on TV - he was better known as a radio actor.<ref name="age"/>
==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' critic wrote that:
The ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' critic wrote that:

Revision as of 00:41, 2 May 2020

Antony and Cleopatra
Based onplay by William Shakespeare
Written byArthur Chipper
Directed byChristopher Muir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time125 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release17 June 1959 (Melbourne) (live)[1]
8 July 1959 (Sydney, taped)

Antony and Cleopatra is a 1959 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare.[2] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

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.[4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Cast

  • Bettie Kauffman as Cleopatra
  • Keith Eden as Antony
  • Kevin Miles as Caesar
  • Edward Brayshaw
  • Keith Hudson

Production

It was shot at ABC's studios in Rippon Lea. There were 15 speaking parts and six extras. The set was designed by Jon Peters. It was Keith Eden's first performance as a "straight" actor on TV - he was better known as a radio actor.[1]

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.[6]

The Bulletin also gave it a bad review.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Shakespeare Dramas ABC TV Project". The Age. 23 April 1959. p. 12. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ "A BIG NEW DEAL FOR COLOR TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 7. 22 July 1959. p. 50. Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Two Productions of Shakespeare". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1959. p. 17.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Live Antony and Cleopatra on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 July 1959. p. 6.
  7. ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019


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