Julius Caesar (1979)
Broadcast during the controversial first series of the BBC Television Shakespeare cycle, this Julius Caesar was Cedric Messina's second television adaptation of the play, the first having been made for the Play of the Month slot ten years earlier (BBC, tx. 13/4/1969). That version was distinguished by an outstanding cast; this one's virtues are that its production values are superior, the direction generally more aware of the specific possibilities of the television medium for illuminating the play, and at forty minutes longer than the earlier version it comes close to presenting the full text
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