Julius CaesarThe Signet Classics edition of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal. In the first of his Roman history plays, the Bard tells the story of the murder of emperor Julius Caesar and the gruesome aftermath as ancient Rome descends into a violent mob. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editors, William and Barbara Rosen • Selections from Plutarch's Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans, the source from which Shakespeare derived Julius Caesar • Dramatic criticism from Roy Walker, Maynard Mack, Richard David, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Julius Caesar • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format • Recommended readings |
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... Speaking to his fellow playwrights, Greene warns both generally and specifically: ... trust them [actors] not: for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide supposes ...
... Speaking to his fellow playwrights, Greene warns both generally and specifically: ... trust them [actors] not: for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide supposes ...
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... speaking world, the construction of the Globe was actually a rush job. Originally the company's financier, James Burbage - father of Shakespeare's friend Richard, the most celebrated actor of his generation and leading man in the ...
... speaking world, the construction of the Globe was actually a rush job. Originally the company's financier, James Burbage - father of Shakespeare's friend Richard, the most celebrated actor of his generation and leading man in the ...
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... Speak no more of her” (IV.2.210). His coldness adds another twist to our assessment of his putative moral uprightness, while marital love is - at least by the fourth act - entirely removed from the drama. In the first decade of the ...
... Speak no more of her” (IV.2.210). His coldness adds another twist to our assessment of his putative moral uprightness, while marital love is - at least by the fourth act - entirely removed from the drama. In the first decade of the ...
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... speak of the recovery of classical texts - a recovery brought about largely by the work of socalled humanists, well-educated men and women with passionate interests in Roman and Greek writings - Plutarch's Lives is a principal text that ...
... speak of the recovery of classical texts - a recovery brought about largely by the work of socalled humanists, well-educated men and women with passionate interests in Roman and Greek writings - Plutarch's Lives is a principal text that ...
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... speak to the crowds, Cassius's judgment again proves to be more accurate: “You know not what you do. Do not consent / That Antony speak in his funeral. / Know you how much the people may be moved / By that which he will utter?” (III ...
... speak to the crowds, Cassius's judgment again proves to be more accurate: “You know not what you do. Do not consent / That Antony speak in his funeral. / Know you how much the people may be moved / By that which he will utter?” (III ...
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