Word: metellus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roman side, the young courtiers Lentulus (Anthony Mainionis) and Metellus (Michael Parish) are insufficiently differentiated. Ken Parker is an amusingly scared Menagerie Keeper. Rex Everhart, wielding a billy-club, is the Editor in charge of all the gladiators, of whom the near-naked Retiarius (Harold Miller) and armored Secutor (DeVeren Bookwalter) go through their paces commendably, and lend color to the spectacle (an excess of color is provided by Jane Greenwood's costumes for many of the Christians, which are far too gaudy and even psychedelic...
...title role--where Shakespeare was not playing quite fair--Josef Sommer is too hollow and guttural; and he refers to Metellus Cimber as "Cimba" and turns "star" into "stah." Patrick Hines is a slimy Casca, who, when Antony comes to shake hands with the conspirators after the assassination, is still wary enough to extend his left hand and keep his dagger gripped in his right...
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