Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra (1976 TV--Alec Guinness) 1 of 7

[hornymaneee]

It's obi wan Kenobi

[SierraNeef]

@MarsGirl2110 Shaw made her a cry baby.

[SierraNeef]

Cesar is so full of himself. 

[SierraNeef]

@SierraNeef And to proof this, he is not even talking to the real sphinx.

[sickofwaitingtables]

Cleopatra gets on my nerves so bad...

[jhaisia]

JEEZ I DIDNT KNOW..BUT SHE'S NOT EGYPTIAN DANG...CLEOPATRA WAS GREEK DESCENDANT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT NOT EVEN 1% EGYPTIAN BLOOD

[Niteowl128]

@jhaisia That's not true, the Ptolemies of whom Cleopatra VII is descended from have Greek, Syrian, Egyptian and Nubian heritages. Cleopatra's own father, Auletes' mother was an Egyptian concubine.

[brnrddlnny]

hello !

j'apprécie grandement cette petite série de vidéos...

mon commentaire serait presque identique à celui de dianddra999....

avec en plus cette question : quelqu'un saurait-il où trouver une version "au-moins" sous-titrée ??? (français... tout le monde a compris !! ;-)

merci pour la publication... qui fait remonter quelques bons souvenirs à la surface !!

[celluloidjunkie13]

There might be nothing more beautiful in this world than Vivien Leigh in this role. Check out that film, coupled with Shaw's lyric, it is everything that it means to be classic.

[dianddra999]

I first saw this on TV when it aired as, I think, a Hallmark presentation. I had never heard of Cleopatra, Egypt, or Julius Caesar, or Genevieve Bujold but this film made me a fan (at the tender age of eleven). I have long wanted to see it again and now I have my chance!

[marablasie]

This is a brilliant version of Caesar and Cleopatra.

[bookkeeper57]

I love GBS's dialogue too, but this scene is pure fantasy: a tall, distinguished man in a Roman toga wearing laurel leaves on his head would not be recognized by

anyone; especially Cleopatra?

[GreatGrumbledook]

"I have wandered in many lands, seeking the lost regions from which my birth into this world exiled me, and the company of creatures such as I myself. I have found flocks and pastures, men and cities, but no other Caesar, no air native to me, no man kindred to me, none who can do my day's deed, and think my night's thought. In the little world yonder, Sphinx, my place is as high as yours in this great desert; only I wander, and you sit still; I conquer, and you endure" - I like this monologue!

[GreatGrumbledook]

"Sphinx: I have climbed mountains at night to hear in the distance the stealthy footfall of the winds that chase your sands in forbidden play--our invisible children, O Sphinx, laughing in whispers. My way hither was the way of destiny; for I am he of whose genius you are the symbol: part brute, part woman, and part god--nothing of man in me at all. Have I read your riddle, Sphinx?" - Damn it! Shaw could have been quite a great poet if he had embraced the heroic instead of his socialist whining!

[bookkeeper57]

Guinness and Bujold are well matched: Cleopatra was 21 to Caesar's 50 when they first met.

[lorinhl]

Wow. This is just amazing. I am happily heading to Stratford Ontario on Friday to see Christopher Plummer in this role. I can't wait! Plummer is gifted and amazing, I'm so anxious to see this new production.

[raymonda100]

LUCKY YOU! Please write and tell me about his performance!

[ludocrat]

Many, many thanks for the upload and for some of the best introductory comments I've read on this thing.

[dglekjofg]

Oh my god, thank you for posting! I want it! Is this play enclosed in the BBC Shaw box set?

[ShakespeareAndMore]

This "Caesar" is not in that BBC box set, unfortunately.

I taped this "Caesar" from TV broadcast sometime in the 80s, and recently archived the VHS tape to DVD.

[jonjamg]

Guinness is a favourite but I am afriad the Claude Raines and Vivien Leigh film version is much better! Guinness is a little too heavy! More Smiley than wit!

[AllenbysEyes]

Happy Birthday to Sir Alec - one of the greatest actors of all time.

[lapislazuli7]

very enjoyable... thank you :>

[christophmahler]

Thank You so much for posting this !

What an amazing scene !

[Melisalexandria]

This is as jessy says: delightful! What an incredible surprise for someone that didn't grow up on superbe English theather but longed for those words.

[Eudora74]

I prefer Guinness to Olivier in this begining.

[jessyquedens]

How delightful! I grew up on Shakespeare, Shaw and Tennessee Wiliams, and this was one of my early favorites!