Question: Tom Powers appeared as Brutus in an adaptation of a William Shakespeare play that was first produced in what year?

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Et tu, Brute?: Et tu, Brute?  (] ) is a Latin phrase meaning "and you, Brutus?" , made famous by its occurrence in William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", where it is uttered by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Brutus at the moment of the former's assassination.  The Latin expression first occurs in Elizabethan literary texts.  The quotation is widely used in the English-speaking world to signify the unexpected betrayal by a person, such as a friend.

Macbeth (1909 Italian film): Macbeth is a silent Italian 1909 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play "Macbeth".  It was the second "Macbeth" film released that year (released on 27 November 1909), and is the third film version of the play.  The film was directed by Mario Caserini, and starred Dante Cappelli, Maria Caserini, Amleto Palormi, and Ettore Pesci.  The running time is 16 minutes and it is a black-and-white film.

Hamlet (1908 film): Hamlet is a 1908 French silent film adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play, "Hamlet".  The film was one of the earliest film adaptations of this play, and starred Jacques Grétillat and Colanna Romano.  It was directed by Henri Desfontaines, and was one of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era.

Julius Caesar (1950 film): Julius Caesar is a 1950 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play "Julius Caesar".  The first film version of the play with sound, it was produced and directed by David Bradley using actors from the Chicago area.  Charlton Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, and who was establishing himself in television and theater in New York, played Mark Antony.  He was the only paid cast member.  Bradley himself played Brutus, and Harold Tasker had the title role.  Bradley recruited drama students from his alma mater Northwestern University for bit parts and extras, one of whom was future star Jeffrey Hunter, who studied alongside Heston at Northwestern.

Macbeth (1922 film): Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth.  It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play.

Hamlet (1900 film): Hamlet, also known as Le Duel d'Hamlet, is a 1900 French film adaptation of an excerpt from the William Shakespeare play "Hamlet".  It is believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play, and starred actress Sarah Bernhardt in the lead role.  It was directed by Clément Maurice.  The film is two minutes in length.  It also was one of the first films to employ the newly discovered art of pre-recording the actors' voices, then playing the recording simultaneous to the playing of the film.  So, while produced during the silent film era, the film is technically not a silent film.

Caesar (Mercury Theatre): Caesar is the title of Orson Welles's innovative 1937 adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", a modern-dress bare-stage production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.  Considered Welles's highest achievement in the theatre, it premiered November 11, 1937, as the first production of the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented an acclaimed series of productions on Broadway through 1941.

Tom Powers: Tom Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television.  A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude".  He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, "Caesar".  In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic, "Double Indemnity" (1944).

William Shakespeare (Ward): William Shakespeare is an outdoor bronze sculpture of William Shakespeare by John Quincy Adams Ward, located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York.  The statue was created in 1870 and unveiled in Central Park in 1872.  Four thousand dollars towards the funding of the statue was raised at a benefit performance of "Julius Caesar" performed by the sons of Junius Brutus Booth (Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth) at the Winter Garden Theater.

Love's Labour's Lost (film): Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 adaptation of the comic play of the same name by William Shakespeare, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.  It was the first feature film to be made of this lesser-known comedy.  Branagh's fourth film of a Shakespeare play (he did not direct the 1995 "Othello", although he did play Iago), "Love's Labour's Lost" was a box-office and critical disappointment.

Supporting paragraphs: Tom Powers Caesar (Mercury Theatre)
Answer: 1937