| Description |
5 videodiscs (669 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, George Baker, Patrick Stewart, Sheila White, James Faulkner, Kevin Stoney ... [et al.]. |
| Credits |
Writer, Jack Pulman. |
| Note |
Based on the novels "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the god" by Robert Graves. |
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Originally produced in 1976 as a 13-part BBC Television series; first broadcast in the United States in 1978 on the PBS series, Masterpiece Theatre. |
| Summary |
A dramatization of Robert Graves' version of the times of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Claudius told through the dying Claudius as he sets down the history of his family. Volume 7 includes the documentary of Alexander Korda's ill-fated 1937 screen version of I, Claudius, narrated by Dirk Borgarde and featuring an interview with Robert Graves. |
| Contents |
disc 1., episode 1-3. Touch of murder. Family affairs. Waiting in the wings -- disc 2., episode 4-6. What shall we do about Claudius? Poison is queen. Some justice -- disc 3., episode 7-9. Queen of heaven. Reign of terror. Zeus, by Jove! -- disc 4, episode 10-12. Hail who? Fool's luck. God in Colchester -- disc 5, episode 13. Old king log. Epic that never was. |
| Subject |
Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D. -- Drama.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
I, Claudius.
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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
Claudius the god and his wife Messalina.
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Jacobi, Derek.
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Phillips, Siân, 1934-
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Blessed, Brian.
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Tyzack, Margaret, 1933-
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Hurt, John, 1940-
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Baker, George, 1931-
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Stewart, Patrick, 1940-
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White, Sheila.
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Faulkner, James, 1948-
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Stoney, Kevin.
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Lisemore, Martin.
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Wise, Herbert, director.
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Pulman, Jack.
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| Added Title |
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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I, Claudius (Television program)
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| Publisher No. |
ID9187CUDVD 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Branch Call Number |
DVD TV I |
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