Marlon Brando took part in a film that was from a William Shakespeare play.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare , believed to have been written in 1599 . It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history , which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra . Marlon Brando . ; Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz 's 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar ; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara ( 1957 ) , an adaption of James Michener 's 1954 novel .