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* [[David Warner]] played Claudius in the 1972 stage adaptation. | * [[David Warner]] played Claudius in the 1972 stage adaptation. | ||
* [[Derek Jacobi]] played Claudius in the {{w|I, Claudius (TV series)|1976 BBC serial}} and Augustus in the {{w|I, Claudius (radio adaptation)|2010 BBC Radio adaptation}}. He also narrated two abridged audiobook versions. | * [[Derek Jacobi]] played Claudius in the {{w|I, Claudius (TV series)|1976 BBC serial}} and Augustus in the {{w|I, Claudius (radio adaptation)|2010 BBC Radio adaptation}}. He also narrated two abridged audiobook versions. | ||
* The 1976 serial featured [[Brian Blessed]] as [[Augustus]], [[Siân Phillips]] as Livia, [[George Baker]] as [[Tiberius]], [[John Hurt]] as [[Caligula]], [[Frances White]] as [[Julia (Rome)|Julia]], [[Patricia Quinn]] as Livilla, [[John Castle]] as Postumus, [[Fiona Walker]] as Agrippina, [[Sheila Ruskin]] as Vipsania, [[Kevin Stoney (actor)|Kevin Stoney]] as [[Thrasyllus]], [[Jo Rowbottom]] as Calpurnia, [[Kevin McNally]] as Castor, [[John Cater]] as Narcissus, [[Sam Dastor]] as Cassius Chaerea, [[Stratford Johns]] as Piso, [[Renu Setna]] as Musa, [[Christopher Biggins]] as [[Nero]], [[Denis Carey]] as Livy, [[Guy Siner]] as Pylades, [[Roy Stewart]] as Sentor, [[Esmond Knight]] as Domitius, [[John Franklyn-Robbins]] as Atticus, [[Peter Bowles]] as Caractacus, [[John Laurimore]] as Lentulus, [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] as Xenophon, [[Bruce Purchase]] as Sabinus, [[James Bree]] as Montanus, [[George Pravda]] as Gershom, [[Donald Eccles]] as Pollio, [[Pat Gorman]] as the captain of the guard, [[Souad Faress]] as Agrippina's slave and Messalina's friend and [[John Scott Martin]] as one of Julia's lovers and Piso's slave. It was produced by [[Martin Lisemore]]. | * The 1976 serial featured [[Brian Blessed]] as [[Augustus]], [[Siân Phillips]] as Livia, [[George Baker]] as [[Tiberius]], [[John Hurt]] as [[Caligula]], [[Frances White]] as [[Julia (Rome)|Julia]], [[Patricia Quinn]] as Livilla, [[John Castle]] as Postumus, [[Fiona Walker]] as Agrippina, [[Sheila Ruskin]] as Vipsania, [[Kevin Stoney (actor)|Kevin Stoney]] as [[Thrasyllus]], [[Jo Rowbottom]] as Calpurnia, [[Kevin McNally]] as Castor, [[John Cater]] as Narcissus, [[Sam Dastor]] as Cassius Chaerea, [[Stratford Johns]] as Piso, [[Renu Setna]] as Musa, [[Christopher Biggins]] as [[Nero]], [[Christopher Guard]] as Marcellus, [[Denis Carey]] as Livy, [[Guy Siner]] as Pylades, [[Roy Stewart]] as Sentor, [[Esmond Knight]] as Domitius, [[John Franklyn-Robbins]] as Atticus, [[Peter Bowles]] as Caractacus, [[John Laurimore]] as Lentulus, [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] as Xenophon, [[Bruce Purchase]] as Sabinus, [[James Bree]] as Montanus, [[George Pravda]] as Gershom, [[Donald Eccles]] as Pollio, [[Pat Gorman]] as the captain of the guard, [[Souad Faress]] as Agrippina's slave and Messalina's friend and [[John Scott Martin]] as one of Julia's lovers and Piso's slave. It was produced by [[Martin Lisemore]]. | ||
* [[Tom Goodman-Hill]] played Claudius in the 2010 radio adaptation. | * [[Tom Goodman-Hill]] played Claudius in the 2010 radio adaptation. | ||
* [[Tim McInnerny]] played Tiberius in the 2010 radio adaptation. | * [[Tim McInnerny]] played Tiberius in the 2010 radio adaptation. | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 11 November 2019
I, Claudius was a novel that the Tenth Doctor noted made the Roman Emperor Caligula look worse than he really was. (PROSE: The Lonely Computer) Brian Blessed played Augustus in a television adaptation. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) In Roma I, Marcus Americanius Scriptor commissioned and extensively edited an award-winning biography of Claudius written by his fellow soldier Sepulcrius. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia)
Behind the scenes
The novel has been adapted several times:
- David Warner played Claudius in the 1972 stage adaptation.
- Derek Jacobi played Claudius in the 1976 BBC serial and Augustus in the 2010 BBC Radio adaptation. He also narrated two abridged audiobook versions.
- The 1976 serial featured Brian Blessed as Augustus, Siân Phillips as Livia, George Baker as Tiberius, John Hurt as Caligula, Frances White as Julia, Patricia Quinn as Livilla, John Castle as Postumus, Fiona Walker as Agrippina, Sheila Ruskin as Vipsania, Kevin Stoney as Thrasyllus, Jo Rowbottom as Calpurnia, Kevin McNally as Castor, John Cater as Narcissus, Sam Dastor as Cassius Chaerea, Stratford Johns as Piso, Renu Setna as Musa, Christopher Biggins as Nero, Christopher Guard as Marcellus, Denis Carey as Livy, Guy Siner as Pylades, Roy Stewart as Sentor, Esmond Knight as Domitius, John Franklyn-Robbins as Atticus, Peter Bowles as Caractacus, John Laurimore as Lentulus, John Bennett as Xenophon, Bruce Purchase as Sabinus, James Bree as Montanus, George Pravda as Gershom, Donald Eccles as Pollio, Pat Gorman as the captain of the guard, Souad Faress as Agrippina's slave and Messalina's friend and John Scott Martin as one of Julia's lovers and Piso's slave. It was produced by Martin Lisemore.
- Tom Goodman-Hill played Claudius in the 2010 radio adaptation.
- Tim McInnerny played Tiberius in the 2010 radio adaptation.
- Samuel Barnett played Caligula in the 2010 radio adaptation.
- John Friedlander was the visual effects designer on the final episode of the 1976 serial.
