Themes: Star-Crossed Lovers, Rise To Power, Crowned Heads
Main Cast: Timothy Dalton, Jane Lapotaire, Lynn Redgrave
Release Year: 1981
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 183 minutes
Plot
Perhaps inspired by the success of PBS' Shakespeare Plays series, Bard Productions Ltd. Came out with this diverting if not very cinematic adaptation of the Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Timothy Dalton plays Marc Antony, while Lynn Redgrave is uncharacteristically alluring as Queen Cleopatra. The all-TV cast includes Nichelle Nichols, Anthony Geary, Walter Koenig, and Brian Kerwin. Also making a cameo appearance is John Carradine, giving his all to the brief part of the Soothsayer. At three hours, Antony and Cleopatra has some trouble getting bookings outside the "art" houses. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jonathan Adams - Ventidius; Darien Angadi - Alexas; Colin Blakely - Antony; John Carradine; Simon Chandler - Eros; Ian Charleson - Octavius Caesar; Michael Egan - Soldier; Lyn Farleigh - Octavia; Jimmy Gardner - Clown; Anthony Geary; Howard Goorney - Soothsayer; George Howe - Euphronius; Barrie Ingham; George Innes - Menas; Brian Kerwin; Janet Key - Charmian; Esmond Knight - Lepidus; Walter Koenig; Kim Miyori; Nichelle Nichols; John Paul - Canidius; Mohammed Shamsi - Mardian; Donald Sumpter - Pompeius; Frederick Warder - Soldier; Emrys James - Enobarbus; John Eastham - Servant; Christopher Ettridge - Scarus; Anthony Pedley - Agrippa; David Neal - Proculeius; Michael Anthony - Messenger
Credit
Sally Gilpin - Choreography, Lawrence Carra - Director, Jonathan Miller - Director, Stephen Oliver - Composer (Music Score), Jonathan Miller - Producer, Ray Angel - Sound/Sound Designer
