The Ides of March (1961 film)

1961 Australian TV series or program

The Ides of March

Ad in The Age 27 Dec 1961

Written by| Stanley Miller
Directed by| William Sterling
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
Production
Running time| 60 mins
Production company| ABC
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| 21 December 1961 (1961-12-21) (Melbourne)[1]
Release| 7 February 1962 (1962-02-07) (Sydney)[2]
Release| 20 April 1962 (1962-04-20) (Beisbane)[3]

The Ides of March is a 1961 Australian television play. Director William Sterling said it was a more impressionistic production than the usual television drama.[4][5]

## Premise

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A fantastia on certain events and persons in the last days of the Roman Republic.

## Cast

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* Brian James as Caesar
* Lynn Flanagan as Claudia
* Bruce Barry as Brutus
* Edward Brayshaw as Catullus
* Don Crosby as Cassius
* Keith Dare as Casca
* Edward Howell as Decius
* Fay Kelton as Pompeia
* Kevin McBeath as Cicero
* David Mitchell as Clodius
* Dennis Mitchell as Marc Antony
* Carole Potter as Cleopatra

## Production

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William Sterling said:

> There is no beginning, middle or end in the recognised manner. Rather the treatment will be impressionistic and sstylised with much of the action mimed by the characters to prerecorded speech. The form of the novel is followed closely and the TV screen can 'picture' the thoughts of the principal characters as well as illustrating the events that have provoked these thoughts. There will be dialogue scenes as well but the play concentrates on centralising the character of Caesar against a vast background canvas that recreates the turbulent of the first century of Rome.[3]

More than 500 yards of material were used to make 24 costumes, five for Cleopatra.[4]

## Reception

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The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought "nothing could have seemed less promising" than an adaptation of the novel, which did not seem suited to television, but "the results were surprisingly successful" praising the writing and direction.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 December 1961. p. 27.
2. ^ "TV Guide". 2 February 1962. p. 13.
3. ^ a b "When Cleopatra Loved". TV Times. 19 April 1962. p. 13.
4. ^ a b "Special Effects for Unusual Drama About Julius Caesar". The Age. 21 December 1961. p. 10.
5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
6. ^ "Wilder Novel as TV Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1962. p. 5.

## External links

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* The Ides of March at IMDb

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TV productions of William Sterling

TV plays|

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* In the Zone (1957)
* Ending It (1957)
* Rope (1957)
* Sound of Thunder (1957)
* Captain Carvallo (1958)
* Killer in Close-Up (1958)
* The Small Victory (1958)
* Box for One (1958)
* Gaslight (1958)
* The Governess (1958 film) (1958)
* The Lark (1959)
* One Morning Near Troodos (1959)
* A Dead Secret (1959)
* Black Limelight (1959)
* Ned Kelly (1959)
* Treason (1959)
* Heart Attack (1960)
* The Public Prosecutor (1960)
* Mine Own Executioner (1960)
* Macbeth (1960)
* Dark Under the Sun (1960)
* Who Killed Kovali? (1960)
* Two-Headed Eagle (1960)
* The End Begins (1961)
* Shadow of Heroes (1961)
* Call Me a Liar (1961)
* Hedda Gabler (1961)
* Night of the Ding-Dong (1961)
* Burst of Summer (1961)
* The Lady from the Sea (1961)
* The Big Deal (1961)
* The House of Mancello (1962)
* The Ides of March (1961)
* Murder in the Cathedral (1962)
* Light Me a Lucifer (1962)
* The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
* The Hobby Horse (1962)
* The Music Upstairs (1962)
* Village Wooing (1962)
* Barnstable (1963)
* The Prisoner (1963)
* Uneasy Paradise (1963)
* The Fighting Cock (1963)
* The Chinese Wall (1963)
* A Man for All Seasons (1964)
* The First 400 Years (1964)
* Othello (1965)

Revues|

* Wild Life and Christmas Belles (1958)
* Trip-Tease and High C's (1959)

Ballets|

* The Soldier's Tale (1959)
* The Forbidden Rite (1962)

Operas|

* The Pearl Fishers (1963)

TV series|

* Compact (1965)
* Quick Before They Catch Us (1966)
* The Three Musketeers (1966-67)
* The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967)
* Sherlock Holmes (1968)
* Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1969)
* The Expert (1969)
* Counterstrike (1969)

Feature film|

* Return Journey (1961) (incomplete)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

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