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Freedom Farewell by Phyllis Bentley
Five plays by RICHARD IMISON based on the famous novel about the life of Julius Caesar with
Mary Morris , Stephen Murray Janet Suzman
1: Where Fortune Leads
In the year 78 B.C. the Roman Republic already dominates the ancient world. But Rome itself is dominated by the dictatorship of Sulla, and the young Julius Caesar has to flee for his life.
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Janet Suzman is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Bentley
Unknown:
Richard Imison
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Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Mary Morris
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
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Julius Caesar
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Gaius Julius Caesar:
Robert Hardy
Storyteller:
David Spenser
Aurelia, Caesar's mother:
Mary Morris
Centurion:
Godfrey Kenton
Farmer:
Wilfrid Carter
Centurion:
Leonard Fenton
Freedman:
Leonard Fenton
Servilia, wife to Marcus Junius Brutus:
Janet Suzman
Metrobius, Sulla's favourite:
David March
Gnaeus Pompey:
Stephen Murray
Aemilia his bride:
Frances Jeater
Marcus Crassus, a wealthy politician:
James Thomason
Sulla, dictator of Rome:
Peter Pratt
Demetrius, Pompey's Greek slave:
Michael Deacon
Flora, Rome's leading courtesan:
Kate Coleridge
Shoemaker:
Alaric Cotter
Fuller:
David Spenser
Veteran:
Godfrey Kenton
Marcus Thermus, a provincial governor:
Brian Haines
Nicomedes, King of Bithynia:
David March
Source: Radio Times

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