| Antony and Cleopatra | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jon Scoffield |
| Produced by | Lorna Mason Cecil Clarke |
| Written by | William Shakespeare |
| Starring | Richard Johnson Janet Suzman Patrick Stewart |
| Music by | Guy Woolfenden |
| Distributed by | ITV (original TV broadcast) |
| Release date(s) | July 28, 1974 (UK) January 4, 1975 (USA) |
| Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Antony and Cleopatra is a 1974 British videotaped television production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, produced by ATV (which was distributed internationally by ITC) starring Richard Johnson as Mark Antony, Janet Suzman as Cleopatra, and Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus. It was directed by Jon Scoffield and is an adaptation of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of the play. It features then-little-known Ben Kingsley and Tim Pigott-Smith in small roles.
Its first airing in the USA was in 1975 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). (With the one exception of the Laurence Olivier King Lear (1983), which was shown on American television in 1984, this production was the last made-for-TV Shakespeare adaptation to have its American premiere on commercial US television.)
The major character of Sextus Pompey, who figures significantly in the plot in Act II, was completely excised from this production.