Performances of Works by Robert Graves
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| Type | Title | Credits | Graves Book | Date | DVD | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film | The Fool Of Rome | Directed by Von Sternberg with Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon | I, Claudius. | 1936 | Produced by Korda. Graves Worked on script. Never completed - Rushes and comment may be found in a 70 min BBC documentary "The Epic That Never Was" narrated by Dirk Bogarde with interviews with cast and director. | |
| Opera | Nausicaa | Composed by Peggy Glanville-Hicks, | Homer's Daughter | 1961 | Live Performance | Premiered in Athens Festival 1961. Athens Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of Men and Women. Conducted by Carlos Surinach. Directed and Choreographed by John Butler Sets and Costumes by Andreas Nomikos. Robert Graves and Alastair Reid worked with Peggy Glanville-Hicks on libretto. |
| Radio Play | The Anger of Achilles | Robert Hardy as Achilles, Norman Shelley, Denis Quilley, Maurice Denham, John Slater | The Anger of Achilles | 1964 | Three-act adaptation by Mr. Graves of his translation of Homer's Iliad. Producer: Raymond Raikes. Music specially composed for the programme by Roberto Gerhard, with special effects by the B.B.C. Radiophonic Workshop. - NTS:An abridged version of this production won the Italia Prize 1965 | |
| Film | Dead-Fall | Directed by Bryan Forbes, with Michael Caine, Nanette Newman, Eric Portman | (Not a Graves book) | 1966 | DVD-Video | 20th Century Fox's psychological thriller, filmed on Mallorca. Graves has walk on part in the costume ball sequence. |
| Play | I, Claudius | Written by John Mortimer, starring David Warner | I, Claudius | 1972 | opened at The Queen's Theatre, London | |
| TV | I, Claudius | Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillip, John Hurt, Brian Blessed, David Robb, Patrick Stewart, Fiona Walker | I, Claudius | 1976 | DVD-Video | Written by Jack Pulman. Proved to be one of the BBCs most successful drama serials of all time. The production won three Emmys in 1978 and four BAFTAs in 1977 |
| Film | The Shout | Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, with Alan Bates, Susanah York, John Hurt | The Shout | 1978 | DVD-Video | Based on Graves's short story. Won Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes (director) |
| Radio Play | I, Claudius | Written by Eric Ewens, staring Timothy West | I, Claudius | 1985 | BBC. Superb dramatisation with Timothy West. both 90m; directed by Glyn Dearman. | |
| Radio Play | Claudius the God | Written by Eric Ewens, staring Timothy West and Mary Morris. | Claudius the God | 1985 | BBC. Superb dramatisation with Timothy West. both 90m; directed by Glyn Dearman. T | |
| Play | Yo, Claudio | Written by by Alonso de Santos, starring Hector Alterio | I, Claudius | 2003 | Premiered at the Merida Festival, 2003. Highly successful production by Jesus Cimarro, staged all over Spain. | |
| Radio Play | Antigua Penny Puce | Dramatised by John Petherbridge. With Aden Gillett and Trevyn McDowell. | Based on "Antigua Penny Puce" | 1995 | BBC. Produced by Matthew Walters | |
| Animated Short | Dead Cow Farm | Director: John Parry | Poem: ""Dead Cow Farm"" | Picasso Pictures Ltd. Short animated film which uses a variety of film techniques to illustrate Robert Graves's 1917 poem in which ideals are lost. | ||
| TV Documentary | The Inner World | A Television Program Starring: KATINA PAXINOU and ALEXIS MINOTIS; With Host and Commentator: ROBERT GRAVES; Adapted and Translated by KIMON FRIAR; Original Music Composed and Conducted by JANI CHRISTOU, Production Staged by ALEXIS MINOTIS; Film Produced and Directed by BERT LAWRENCE; Newark International Production for ESSO WORLD THEATER | (Not a Graves book) | 1964 | Based on the Greek Tragedies. Performed and filmed in Dephi October 1963. See C748.1, "The Inner World" by Robert Graves |