Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a 1959 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was broadcast live in Melbourne then recorded and screened in Sydney. The ABC also broadcast a production of Hamlet at the same time, which was broadcast live in Sydney then recorded and screened in Melbourne. It was the ABC's first live Shakespeare play. Cast Bettie Kauffman as Cleopatra Keith Eden as Antony Kevin Miles as Caesar Laurier Lange as Lepidus Edward Howell as Agrippa Judith Godden as Charmain Paul Bacon as Alexas Beverly Dunn as Octavia Frank Gatliff as Pompey John Morgan as Menas Keith Hudson as Eros Alan Tobin as Procuecius Colin Eaton as Soothsayer Philip Stainton as Clown Hugh McDermott as first messenger George Ogilvie as second messenger Alan Hopgood as first soldier Alan Morley as second soldier Kenneth Goodlet as Enobarus Soula Paulay, R de Winter, Antonio Rodrigues and Albert la Guerre as Cleopatra's attendants Nevil Thurgood, John Godfrey and Peter Diess as soldiers Production Arthur Chipper did the adaptation, which made a number of alterations from the play, including reducing the characters and opening it in Rome not Alexandria.