Shakespeare's Julius Caesar presented live at the Donmar Warehouse  Opus Arte DVD
First presented in 2012, recorded in 2016 and streamed/broadcast by PBS Great
Performances 2019

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run time 1 hour 56 mins       No interval break in the production
                             Optional English subtitles available in your player
                             Includes extras for the production and director's
                             commentary track

  Synopsis from PBS new release

Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar offers a powerful
dramatization of the catastrophic consequences of a political leader’s extension of
power beyond constitutional confines through an all-female lens. In this acclaimed
Donmar Warehouse production directed Phyllida Lloyd (“The Iron Lady,” “Mamma Mia!”),
Shakespeare’s famous discourse on power, loyalty and tragic idealism is heightened
against the backdrop of female incarceration.

Cast and Creatives

Directed for the stage by  Phyllida LLoyd
Directed for the Screen by Phyllida Lloyd

Cast

Mark Antony                    Jade Anouka
Brutus                                           Harriet Walter
Lucius                                            Sheila Atim
Julius Caesar                              Jackie Clune
Cinna the Poet                           Shiloh Coke
Casca                                            Karen Dunbar
Portia/Octavius Caesar           Clare Dunne
Soothsayer                                  Leah Harvey
Calpurnia/Metellus Cimber   Zainab Hasan
Trebonius                                   Jennifer Joseph
Cassius                                         Martina Laird
Dog/Cinna                                  Caroline Valdes

  Full cast and crew in the credit roll

My notes

  There has been and continue to be changes in the file share world.  New additions
to my file share have been on hold.  As with all the pieces in
this file share I encourage teachers and students and videographers especially to
seek out the full DVD release from which this was coded  and add it to libraries everywhere.

The story of Julius Caesar is well-known but a few notes are necessary.  The Royal
Shakespeare Company did Julius Caesar (also in this file share group's pages as you
scroll down) was done on site.  They filmed it in South Africa with Patterson Joseph
as Brutus.  A production in modern dress had Caesar in suit and tie with the tie hanging a bit too long.  It raised some eyebrows when presented on stage.

Using the prison setting has been done before.  "Shakespeare Behind Bars" was one
of the best documentaries on the topic.  The core of that documentary was a
production of The Tempest.   In That Tempest it was an all inmate cast. (That posted to this index im my group index.)

 Here in Great Performances Julius Caesar, the extras in the file group show how the cast developed their style.  The patient viewer will be rewarded with some memorable stage experience and Great Performances.  The DVD release has full notes, booklet and
the production extras. Most of that is here from the DVD release disc.

  Various notes will show this Julius Caesar as part of an all woman Shakespeare trilogy.  That can be found under inormation on Harriet Walter featured in all three.  Unfortuanately I have not seen  the other parts of that trilogy available as disc or another source.

 I've had good experience viewing this recode in Daum Potplayer.  Proper setup can give the subtitles below the frame.  All these options are included in this recode including directors commentary available in the player of your choice.

 Notes written May 25th 2019

New notes and a new recode for this index.  May 9th, 2020