Cleopatra (1963 film) Fourth Star of Cleopatra". Cleopatra (1963 film) Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra" by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. It stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. The film achieved notoriety during its production
Julius Caesar (overture) 9. Eric Sams suggests there are many other clues throughout Schumann's works, including a cipher for "C-A-E-S-A-R" in the opening chords of the "Julius Caesar" overture. The work has been recorded a number of times, but is not often performed in concert. Julius Caesar (overture) The Julius Caesar overture, Op. 128, is a concert overture written in 1851 by Robert Schumann, inspired by Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" and influenced by the "Egmont" and "Coriolan" overtures of Ludwig van Beethoven. "Julius Caesar" is usually associated with two other Schumann concert overtures written about that time, also inspired by great literature: "The