Cleopatra (1963 film) other commitments and were replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, as Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony respectively. During filming, Taylor met Burton and the two began an adulterous affair; the scandal made headlines worldwide, since both were married to others, and brought bad publicity to the already troubled production. Mankiewicz was later fired during the editing phase, only to be rehired to reshoot the opening battle scenes in Spain. The cut of the film which Mankiewicz screened for the studio was six hours long. This was cut to four hours for its initial premiere, but the studio demanded (over
Caesar and Cleopatra (play) as "Caesar", Claire Bloom as "Cleopatra", Judith Anderson as "Ftatateeta", Corin Redgrave as "Apollodorus", Laurence Hardy as "Britannus" and Jack Gwillim as "Rufio" "(this version used the Alternate Prologue)". "Caesar and Cleopatra" was adapted for the 1968 Broadway musical "Her First Roman" by Ervin Drake. Caesar and Cleopatra (play) Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published with "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" and "The Devil's Disciple" in Shaw's 1901 collection "Three Plays for Puritans". It was first performed in