Adaptations I, Claudius

1 adaptations

1.1 german translation
1.2 film , television
1.3 radio
1.4 theatre
1.5 audio

adaptations
german translation

when time came translate novels german, graves, spoke language, decided instead rework them 1 volume edition. collaborated translator hans rothe , jointly produced shortened edition left out many digressions incorporated english original, aim of presenting claudius story in clearer , more effective way. contents of books cut down half. book published ich claudius, kaiser und gott (i claudius, emperor , god) graves being styled robert von ranke graves, how credited in german editions of works.

film , television

in 1937, abortive attempts made adapt first book film film director josef von sternberg. producer alexander korda, married merle oberon, cast claudius wife messalina. emlyn williams cast caligula, charles laughton cast claudius, , flora robson cast livia. filming abandoned after oberon injured in serious motor car accident.

in 1976, bbc television adapted book , sequel popular tv serial, entitled i, claudius. production, starred derek jacobi, siân phillips, brian blessed , john hurt, won 4 baftas in 1977 , 3 emmys in 1978.

in 2008, reported relativity media had obtained rights produce new film adaptation of i, claudius. jim sheridan named director.

in 2011, rights passed hbo , bbc2 film miniseries adaptation. jane tranter , anne thomopoulos, worked on hbo/bbc2 s miniseries rome have been named producers.

radio

in november , december 2010, part of classic serial strand, bbc radio 4 broadcast series of 6 hour-long episodes of dramatisation of both novels, adapted robin brooks , directed jonquil panting. performers derek jacobi, tom goodman hill , full cast. won 2012 audie award in audio dramatization category.

theatre

the novel has been adapted theatre. 1972 production i, claudius written john mortimer , starred david warner.

audio

several audio recordings of novel have been produced. derek jacobi performed 2 separate readings of novel, both abridged versions, 1 dove audio (1986) , 1 csa word (2007). nelson runger performed unabridged readings of both i, claudius , claudius god recorded books (1987). jonathan oliver performed unabridged reading isis audio books (1988). frederick davidson performed unabridged reading blackstone audio (1994).