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Shakespeare€s works, Charlton Heston said, are €œthe measuring stick against which you measure an actor€s work.€ Heston made his Broadway debut against that measuring stick, appearing in a supporting role in Antony and Cleopatra. Twenty-five years later, he was one of the world€s biggest stars when he brought his authoritative presence and literary command to the lead role of Marc Antony in this masterful movie adaptation of the Bard€s tale of Rome€s hero and Egypt€s queen (Hildegarde Neil). Heston wrote the adaptation and also directed, opening up the story to its cinematic possibilities with spectacle, pyramids, warfare at sea (with some similarity to Heston€s mighty Ben-Hur) and a clash of armies on land. Peter Snell produced the epic drama.