The Spread of the Eagle (1963)

Directed by

Peter Dews

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 9 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1963 BBC series adapts three of Shakespeare's Roman history plays into nine episodes. It shows the rise and fall of powerful Roman leaders through political intrigue and personal conflict.

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What happens

The Spread of the Eagle is a nine-part serial adaptation of three sequential history plays of William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra, produced by the BBC in 1963. It was inspired by the success of An Age of Kings (1960), which it was unable to rival. The episodes also aired in West Germany in 1968-69 and in 1972. The series was recorded directly to film, and so preserved by the BBC Film Library, meaning all episodes still exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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