Julius Caesar (Collins Classics)HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Power, corruption and betrayal are at the heart of Shakespeare’s most well-known historical and political drama. As Julius Caesar moves closer to securing power for himself and is perceived by some as a threat to Roman citizens, his senators plot to bring about his downfall. Caesar’s assassination leads to civil war rather than peace and the play explores the subsequent deaths of the conspirators Brutus and Cassius. Shakespeare’s contemporaries would have spotted the playwright’s attempts to use the shift from republican to imperial Rome to highlight the political situation of the Elizabethans at the time. Featuring some of the most powerfully resonant and rousing speeches of any of Shakespeare’s plays, Julius Caesar remains one of his most well-loved historical tragedies. |
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... . The editors see Shakespeare's plays as living works of art which can be enjoyed today on stage, film and television in many parts of the world. An Elizabethan playhouse. Note the apron stage protruding into the Title Page Prefatory Note.
... today, had the sky above them). In addition to these features there were dressingrooms behind the stage and a space underneath it from which entrances could be made through trapdoors. All the acting areas – main stage, rear stage, upper ...
... today and in the past. Many items are simply not comparable on grounds of quality or serviceability. There was a bewildering variety of coins in use in Elizabethan England. As nearly all English and European coins were gold or silver ...